Sex and age differences in site fidelity, food resource tracking, and body condition of wintering Kirtland's warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii) in the Bahamas
By: by Joseph M. Wunderle, Jr. ... [et al.].
Contributors: American Ornithologists' Union
Series: Ornithological monographs -- no. 80; Ornithological monographs -- no. 80.
Publisher: American Ornithologists' Union
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D. C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9780943610993
Subjects: Kirtland's warbler; Wintering
Other titles: Kirtland's warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii); Setophaga kirtlandii
Notes: Authors: Joseph M. Wunderle, Jr., Patricia K. Lebow, Jennifer D. White, Dave Currie, David N. Ewert.

Bibliography: p. 50-55.

Abstract also in Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Abstract; title: Methods. Study area ; Habitat characterization ; Captures and banding ; Site fidelity; Factors affecting fruit abundance ; Food availability per study site ; Ocean Hole space use and food resources ; Analyses and definitions ; Statistical tests ; Fruit abundance model selection ; Overwinter site persistence model selection; title: Results. Habitat variation among study sites ; Fruiting phenology ; Fruit abundance modeling ; Variation in food availability ; Fruit ; Foliage arthropods ; Ground arthropods ; Seasonal change in food resources within a winter ; Correlation of food-resource measures ; Diet composition ; Sex and age differences in captures ; Overwinter site persistence ; Annual return to a study site ; Site persistence in relation to food abundance and sex and age ; Modeling overwinter site persistence : models with arthropod and fruit biomass ; Modeling overwinter site persistence : models with fruit biomass ; Study-site shifts in relation to food abundance ; Late-winter warbler abundance at the fruit-rich OH site ; Late-winter warbler abundance and food-resource biomass ; Changes in physical condition ; Changes in corrected body mass ; Changes in fat scores ; Departure schedules ; Changes in physical condition with rainfall ; Effect of rainfall on corrected body mass in different periods ; Effect of rainfall on fat levels during different periods ; Annual return in relation to corrected body mass; title: Discussion. Factors affecting fruit abundance ; Variation in study-site food abundance ; Habitats with low arthropod biomass ; Overwinter site persistence ; Site fidelity and survival ; Annual return ; Role of dominance ; Late-winter warbler abundance and food resources ; Differences in corrected body mass and fat ; Rainfall and body condition ; Annual return and corrected body mass ; Conservation implications.