Costs, benefits, and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Alves, Jose A ^a   Gunnarsson, Tomas G ^b   Hayhow, Daniel B ^a,f   Appleton, Graham F ^c   Potts, Peter M ^d   Sutherland, William J ^e   Gill, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d Farlington Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carryover effects; Distribution range; Energy balance; Icelandic black tailed godwit; Limosa limosa islandica; Migration; Population dynamics; Seasonal matching; Shorebirds; Survival; Waders

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BREEDING SITE; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; IRELAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENGLAND; GENETIC FITNESS; IRELAND; PORTUGAL; SEASONS;

LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA ISLANDICA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84876149718     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0737.1     Document Type: Article

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