SPRING MIGRATORY HABITS AND BREEDING DISTRIBUTION OF LESSER SANDHILL CRANES THAT WINTER IN WEST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA

• Main Authors: Krapu, Gary L., Brandt, David A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2008
• Subjects: Arizona; Grus canadensis; migration; New Mexico; North Platte River; sandhill crane; satellite telemetry; Siberia; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ornithology; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Arctic; Yukon; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Chaun; Anadyr'; Chukotka; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/177; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1177/viewcontent/Krapu.pdf

Little information exists on the spring migratory habits and breeding distribution of lesser sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis canadensis) that winter in west-central New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. To address this question, we captured and attached a total of 6 Platform Transmitting Terminals (...