Quantifying phenological landmarks of migration shows nonuniform use of the Caribbean by shorebirds

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Cañizares, Jessica Rozek, Edwards, Collin B., Reed, J. Michael
• Other Authors: Philanthropic Educational Organization, Tufts University, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Gam; Trinidad
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9954; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.9954

Abstract Of the boreal‐ and Arctic‐breeding North American shorebirds that migrate south through the Caribbean, most individuals continue farther south. However, for many species, some individuals remain beyond the southbound migration period (i.e., throughout the temperate winter and/or summer). Th...