Seasonal changes in abundance and flight-related morphology reveal different migration patterns in Iberian forest passerines

Ardeola

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-46

  Tellería, José Luis ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a   Carbonell, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Environmental seasonality; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean forests; Migratory behaviour; Spatio temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002489309     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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