Age-ratios and condition of en route migrant blackpoll warblers in the British Virgin Islands

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 568-574

  Boal, Clint W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackpoll Warbler; Caribbean; condition; migration; Setophaga striata

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; ISLAND; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OPEN WATER; PASSERINE; STOPOVER; SURVIVORSHIP;

BARBADOS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

AVES; DENDROICA STRIATA; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84929072175     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/13-113.1     Document Type: Article

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