Tracking Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva: Transoceanic migrations between non-breeding grounds in Kwajalein, Japan and Hawaii and breeding grounds in Alaska and Chukotka

Wader Study

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-11

  Johnson, Oscar W ^a   Porter, Ronald R ^b   Fielding, Lauren ^c   Weber, Michael F ^c   Gold, Roger S ^c   Goodwill, Roger H ^c   Johnson, Patricia M ^a   Bruner, Andrea E ^c   Brusseau, Paul A ^b   Brusseau, Nancy H ^b   Hurwitz, Kikiana ^c   Fox, James W ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University Hawaii ^*  (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

^d Migrate Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding grounds; Connectivity; Flight speed; Flight time; Geolocator; Migration; Migratory pathways; Non breeding grounds; Nonstop flight; Pacific Golden Plover; Pluvialis fulva; Rice fields; Stopovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016175532     PISSN: 20588410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18194/ws.00002     Document Type: Article

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