Carry-over effects of nonbreeding habitat on start-to-finish spring migration performance of a songbird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  McKinnon, Emily A ^a,b   Stanley, Calandra Q ^a,c   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HABITAT QUALITY; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; LATITUDE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDE; MIGRATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES HABITAT; SPRING; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84951207252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141580     Document Type: Article

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