Size and weight of Purple Sandpipers during autumn migration

• 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

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...