Tracking natal dispersal in a coastal population of a migratory songbird using feather stable isotope (δ2h, δ34s) tracers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Haché, Samuel ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Bayne, Erin M ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^b   Villard, Marc André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEATHER; FLEDGLING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LONG DISTANCE DISPERSAL; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLA; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; ISOTOPES; MALE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84899736066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094437     Document Type: Article

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