Using Isotopic Variance to Detect Long-Distance Dispersal and Philopatry in Birds: An Example with Ovenbirds and American Redstarts

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Hobson, Keith A., Wassenaar, Leonard I., Bayne, Erin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Larga; Lac la Biche
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/106.4.732; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/106/4/732/29711951/condor0732.pdf

Abstract Understanding movements of individual birds between breeding sites (breeding dispersal) or between natal sites and the site of first breeding (natal dispersal) is crucial to the modeling of population dynamics. Unfortunately, these aspects of demography are poorly understood for avian speci...