Fat, weather, and date affect migratory songbirds' departure decisions, routes, and time it takes to cross the Gulf of Mexico

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 46, 2015, Pages E6331-E6338

  Deppe, Jill L ^a   Ward, Michael P ^b   Bolus, Rachel T ^b,c   Diehl, Robert H ^c   Celis Murillo, Antonio ^b   Zenzal, Theodore J ^d   Moore, Frank R ^d   Benson, Thomas J ^e   Smolinsky, Jaclyn A ^f   Schofield, Lynn N ^a   Enstrom, David A ^e   Paxton, Eben H ^c   Bohrer, Gil ^g   Beveroth, Tara A ^e   Raim, Arlo ^e   Obringer, Renee L ^g   Delaney, David ^h   Cochran, William W ^e  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g The Ohio State University   (United States)

^h U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological barrier; Gulf of Mexico; Migration; Songbirds; Weather

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLIGHT; FORAGING; FORELIMB; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; HUMIDITY; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES; TELEMETRY; THRUSH; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; GULF OF MEXICO; SONGBIRDS; WEATHER;

EID: 84947427117     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1503381112     Document Type: Article

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