Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina
Circular
1306-6B
This report is Chapter 6B in Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005. See Circular 1306 for more information and other chapters.
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Abstract
It was the midst of songbird migration season when Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coast in 2005. Typically these birds fatten up in Gulf Coast river bottomland forest for the long flight to Central and South America. After Katrina stripped plants of leaves, fruits, and insects in the fertile bottomlands of the Pearl River, weather radar indicated that migrant birds increased their use of adjacent pine woodlands.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina |
| Series title | Circular |
| Series number | 1306 |
| Chapter | 6B |
| DOI | 10.3133/cir13066B |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wetlands Research Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005 (Circular 1306) |
| First page | 131 |
| Last page | 136 |
| Country | United States |