Consistent declines in wing lengths of Calidridine sandpipers suggest a rapid morphometric response to environmental change.

A recent study demonstrated that semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) wing lengths have shortened from the 1980s to the present-day. We examined alternative and untested hypotheses for this change at an important stopover site, James Bay, Ontario, Canada. We evaluated morphometric patterns in w...

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Main Authors: Alexandra M Anderson, Christian Friis, Cheri L Gratto-Trevor, R I Guy Morrison, Paul A Smith, Erica Nol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213930