Winter Body Mass and Over-Ocean Flocking as Components of Danger Management by Pacific Dunlins
Background: We compared records of the body mass and roosting behavior of Pacific dunlins (Calidris alpinapacifica) wintering on the Fraser River estuary in southwest British Columbia between the 1970s and the 1990s.‘Over-ocean flocking’ is a relatively safe but energetically-expensive alternative t...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://summit.sfu.ca/item/11198 |