Correlates and consequences of breeding dispersal in a migratory songbird

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 742-752

  Cline, Mason H ^a,e   Strong, Allan M ^a   Sillett, T Scott ^b   Rodenhouse, Nicholas L ^c   Holmes, Richard T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black throated Blue Warbler; Breeding dispersal; Habitat structure; Migratory passerine; Movement; Reproductive success; Setophaga caerulescens

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890372189     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12244     Document Type: Article

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