Do migratory birds need a nap after a long non-stop flight?

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 149-154

  Schwilch, Regine ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Holmgren, Noel M A ^d   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Migrant birds; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SLEEP;

AVES;

EID: 0013497363     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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