Annual survival of Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) using the San Antonio Oeste stopover site is reduced by domino effects involving late arrival and food depletion in Delaware Bay

• Main Authors: González, Patricia M., Baker, Allan J., Echave, María Eugenia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Aves Argentinas. Asociación Ornitológica del Plata 2006
• Subjects: CALIDRIS CANUTUS; DOMINO EFFECTS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RED KNOT; STOPOVER ECOLOGY; DECLINACION POBLACIONAL; ECOLOGIA DE ESCALA MIGRATORIA; EFECTO DOMINO; MIGRACION; PLAYERO ROJIZO; Arctic; Austral; Argentina; Ruta; Calidris canutus; Red Knot; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/hornero_v021_n02_p109

Ecological conditions in breeding and non-breeding areas of migrant birds have been linked to their annual survival and production of young, but the role of stopover sites is under-appreciated. Through banding studies and censuses along the flyway from Tierra del Fuego to the Canadian Arctic, the dr...