Citizen Science Reveals an Extensive Shift in the Winter Distribution of Migratory Western Grebes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, Scott ^a   Anderson, Eric M ^b   Wilson, Amy S G ^c   Bertram, Douglas F ^d   Arcese, Peter ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AECHMOPHORUS CLARKII; AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC HERRING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREY; SARDINE; SEA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WINTER; ANIMAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; SCIENCE; SEASON;

AECHMOPHORUS; AECHMOPHORUS CLARKII; AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; AVES; CLUPEA PALLASI; PODICIPEDIDAE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 84879245936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065408     Document Type: Article

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