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Factors Influencing Stopover And Movement Of Migratory Songbirds Within The Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge, Jessica Tatten
Factors Influencing Stopover And Movement Of Migratory Songbirds Within The Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge, Jessica Tatten
Masters Theses
Most migrating songbirds are required to stopover to rest and replenish their fat reserves, and suitable stopover habitat is vitally important to their survival and success securing territories at their breeding and wintering grounds. Identifying and protecting stopover locations and movement corridors is essential to connecting all life stages of these species, yet there remain significant knowledge gaps regarding the utilization of stopover sites and fine-scale movements during migration, particularly at inland stopover areas. We investigated the factors that influence stopover duration and migration rate of ten migratory songbirds within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in …