Phenological matching across hemispheres in a long-distance migratory bird

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1008-1019

  Renfrew, Rosalind B ^a   Kim, Daniel ^b   Perlut, Noah ^c   Smith, Joseph ^d   Fox, James ^e   Marra, Peter P ^f  

^a Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^b Platte River Whooping Crane Trust   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Geolocators; Migration phenology; Migratory connectivity; Normalized difference vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CONNECTIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NDVI; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

NEBRASKA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AVES; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS;

EID: 84880134823     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12080     Document Type: Article

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