Experimental support for food limitation of a short-distance migratory bird wintering in the temperate zone

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2803-2816

  Danner, Raymond M ^a,b   Greenberg, Russell S ^a   Danner, Julie E ^b   Kirkpatrick, Laila T ^b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Body condition; Carry over effects; Density dependence; Melospiza georgiana; Population limitation; Scaled body mass index; Short distance migratory bird; Survival; Swamp Sparrow; Winter Food Limitation Hypothesis (WFLH)

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMIGRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SPARROW; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEASONS; SPARROWS;

EID: 84892155915     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0337.1     Document Type: Article

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