Circannual clocks in avian reproduction and migration

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-63

  Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; GARDEN WARBLER; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; STONECHAT;

SAXICOLA TORQUATA AXILLARIS; SYLVIA BORIN; SYLVIIDAE; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0029749876     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04312.x     Document Type: Article

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