Do archival light-level geolocators and stable hydrogen isotopes provide comparable estimates of breeding-ground origin?

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-282

  Hallworth, Michael T ^a,b   Studds, Colin E ^a,c   Sillett, T Scott ^a   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Deuterium; Discrimination; Migratory bird; Ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapilla; Solar geolocator; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; FEATHER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AVES; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 84878832063     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13037     Document Type: Article

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