STABLE ISOTOPE EVIDENCE LINKS BREEDING GEOGRAPHY AND MIGRATION TIMING IN WOOD WARBLERS (PARULIDAE)

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Associate Editor: K. A. Hobson

JEFFREY F. KELLY1

Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department Of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 111 East Chesapeake Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA

1 E-mail: jkelly@ou.edu