Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the western sandpiper Calidris mauri

S. E. Franks ([email protected]), B. Schwarz, A. Jiménez, R. C. Ydenberg and D. B. Lank, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Dept of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. AJ also at: Facultad de Biología, Univ. de La Habana, Havana 10400, Cuba . – D. R. Norris, Dept of Integrative Biology, Univ. of Guelph , Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. – T. K. Kyser, Queen ’ s Facility for Isotope Research, Dept of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen ’ s Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. – G. Fernández, Unidad Acad é mica Mazatl á n, Inst. de Ciencias del Mar y Limnolog í a, Univ. Nacional Aut ó noma de M é xico, Mazatl á n, Sinaloa 82040, M é xico. – R. Carmona, Depto de Biolog í a Marina, Univ. Aut ó noma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23081, M é xico. – M. A. Colwell, Dept of Wildlife, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA 95521, USA . – J. C. Sandoval, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, Quintana Roo 77000, M é xico. – A. Dondua, Pacifi c Research Fisheries Center, Chukotka Branch (ChukotTINRO), Chukotka, Russia. – H. R. Gates and R. B. Lanctot, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA. – B. Haase, Museo de Ballenas, Salinas, Ecuador . – D. J. Hodkinson, Dept of Animal and Plant Sciences, Univ. of Sheffi eld, Sheffi eld, S10 2TN, UK. – B. Ortego, Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept, Victoria, TX 77901, USA . – B. K. Sandercock, Div. of Biology, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. – F. Sanders, South Carolina Dept of Natural Resources, SC 29458, USA. – J. Y. Takekawa, U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center , Vallejo, CA 95542, USA . – N. Warnock, Audubon Alaska, Anchorage , AK 99501, USA.