Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  DeLuca, William V ^a   Woodworth, Bradley K ^b   Rimmer, Christopher C ^c   Marra, Peter P ^d   Taylor, Philip D ^e   McFarland, Kent P ^c   Mackenzie, Stuart A ^f   Norris, D Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Bird Studies Canada (Long Point Bird Observatory)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Blackpoll warbler; Geolocator; Setophaga striata

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DENDROICA STRIATA; PASSERI; SETOPHAGA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY WEIGHT; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY WEIGHT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84929120506     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.1045     Document Type: Article

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