Mortality within the annual cycle: Seasonal survival patterns in Afro-Siberian Red Knots Calidris canutus canutus

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 933-943

  Leyrer, Jutta ^a,b,d   Lok, Tamar ^a,b   Brugge, Maarten ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Sandercock, Brett K ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual survival; Banc d'Arguin; Long distance migration; Mark recapture models; Mauritania; Shorebird; Wader

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS CANUTUS;

EID: 84884211201     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0959-y     Document Type: Article

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