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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Stopover site"”.
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The Effect of Area on Resource Competition among Migrant Birds at a Stopover Site
… and/or increasing competition at crowded stopover sites. I predicted that smaller forest fragments would have higher densities of birds, and that birds would compete for food more intensely in smaller fragments. I examined seven forest fragments of varying size (0.69 ha - 5.69 ha) at …
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Stopover behavior and refueling physiology in relation to migration distance in Wilson's Warblers (Wilsonia Pusilla)
… migration distance within a species affects stopover behavior and refueling rate. Wilson’s Warbler is a leapfrog migrant passerine that winters in Central America and breeds throughout North America. Birds were captured in the spring and fall of 2006 during passage through a desert stopover …
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Born to fly - migratory strategies and stopover ecology in the European Wadden Sea of a long-distance migrant, the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
… Afro-Siberian population of Bar-tailed Godwits stopover on their migration between wintering and breeding areas. Birds of the European population stayed during spring stopover for 30-40 days in the study area. Birds were extremely site faithful to their spring stopover site showing an annual …
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Below-Ground Food Production in Habitats Utilized by the Rocky Mountain Populations of Greater Sandhill Cranes
… 2006 and 2007 (wintering, spring staging, spring stopover, breeding, post-breeding, and fall staging). Below-ground foods were sampled in sandhill crane foraging habitats at three United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in the Intermountain West where these …
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The nocturnal behaviors of yellow-breasted chats
… to land, either their final destination or a stopover site, while it is still dark or shortly after sunrise. I attempted to attract migrating chats to a predetermined site that lacked appropriate habitat by playing chat song at night. If nocturnal song was used by chats when selecting breeding …
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The moult and migration strategies of Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover and Terek Sandpiper
… three species at the more northern nonbreeding sites start moult earlier than those travelling farther south probably as a result of greater proximity to breeding grounds. Lesser Sand Plovers have a relatively long duration of moult (152- 154 days) across all locations where data were …