MATE GUARDING BY CURLEW SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS-FERRUGINEA) DURING SPRING MIGRATION IN NORTH SIBERIA

Authors
FRODIN P HAAS F LINDSTROM A
Citation
P. Frodin et al., MATE GUARDING BY CURLEW SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS-FERRUGINEA) DURING SPRING MIGRATION IN NORTH SIBERIA, Arctic, 47(2), 1994, pp. 142-144
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Geografhy,"Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Arctic → ACNP
ISSN journal
00040843
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
142 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0843(1994)47:2<142:MGBCS(>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
It is poorly known whether arctic-breeding shorebirds form pairs befor e or after arrival at the breeding site. We describe the display and m ate-guarding behavior of curlew sandpipers Calidris ferruginea at a st opover site in high arctic Siberia, suggesting that in this species pa irs may be formed before the birds reach their final nesting localitie s.