Using stable hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) and ring recoveries to trace natal origins in a Eurasian passerine with a migratory divide

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 541-550

  Procházka, Petr ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^b   Neto, Júlio M ^c,d   Yosef, Reuven ^e   Hobson, Keith A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BREEDING SITE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84888134665     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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