Size and weight of Purple Sandpipers during autumn migration

In September 2007 over 800 purple sandpipers (Calidris maritima) were catched and ringed. Following measurements were taken: tarsus length, wing length, bill length, weight (sub-sample). Also few individuals of other species were catched, ringed and measured (sanderling, wheatear, dunlin, ringed plo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bangjord, Georg, Mork Soot, Kjell
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2009
Subjects:
BIOTA
autumn migration
birds
purple sandpiper
Sørkapp
biology
ecology
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS
MIGRATORY RATES/ROUTES
Arctic
Svalbard
Jan Mayen
Sørkappøya
Arctic tern
Calidris maritima
Dunlin
North Atlantic
Purple Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Snow Bunting
Sanderling
Online Access:http://data.npolar.no/dataset/eaa0b8f5-bbe4-59ce-8d19-01b4a342e823
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Summary:In September 2007 over 800 purple sandpipers (Calidris maritima) were catched and ringed. Following measurements were taken: tarsus length, wing length, bill length, weight (sub-sample). Also few individuals of other species were catched, ringed and measured (sanderling, wheatear, dunlin, ringed plover, arctic tern and snow bunting).

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