Conservation through connectivity: Can isotopic gradients in Africa reveal winter quarters of a migratory bird?

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 591-600

  Reichlin, Thomas S ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^c   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^c   Schaub, Michael ^a,b   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^c   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^d   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Deuterium; Migratory connectivity; Nitrogen 15; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEUTERIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSEUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OVERWINTERING; PALEARCTIC REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

AVES; UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 84872615150     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2418-5     Document Type: Article

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