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
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