| Titre : | Trade-offs, condition dependence and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers |
| Auteurs : | R. C. Ydenberg, Auteur ; R. W. Butler, Auteur ; D. B. Lank, Auteur ; C. G. Guglielmo, Auteur ; M. Lemon, Auteur ; N. Wolf, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Avian Biology (33(1) MAR 2002) |
| Article en page(s) : | 47-55 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Western sandpipers Calidris mauri on southward migration fly over the Gulf of Alaska to the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, where they stop for a few days to replenish reserves before continuing. In the Strait, individuals captured on the extensive tidal mudflats of the Fraser estuary (similar to 25000 ha) are significantly heavier (2.71 g, or > 10% of lean body mass) than those captured on the small ( |



