Oversummering juvenile and adult Semipalmated sandpipers in Perú gain enough survival to compensate for foregone breeding opportunity
Abstract Background Age at maturity and the timing of first breeding are important life history traits. Most small shorebird species mature and breed as ‘yearlings’, but have lower reproductive success than adults. In some species, yearlings may defer northward migration and remain in non-breeding r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Movement Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-020-00226-6 |