Assessing migratory connectivity for a long-distance migratory bird using multiple intrinsic markers

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 445-456

  Rushing, Clark S ^a,b,d   Ryder, Thomas B ^b   Saracco, James F ^c   Marra, Peter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Geographical variation; Hydrogen isoscapes; Hylocichla mustilena; Intrinsic markers; Migratory connectivity; Morphology; Probabilistic assignment; Stable isotopes; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; DEUTERIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899710404     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1091.1     Document Type: Article

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