Absolute Consistency: Individual versus Population Variation in Annual-Cycle Schedules of a Long-Distance Migrant Bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Conklin, Jesse R ^a,b   Battley, Phil F ^a   Potter, Murray A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRANT BIRD; MOLTING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS;

AVES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA BAUERI;

EID: 84872465863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054535     Document Type: Article

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