Flight costs, flight range and the stopover ecology of migrating birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Weber, Thomas P ^a,c   Houston, Alasdair I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian migration; departure fuel loads; flight range equations; stopover ecology; time minimization

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENERGETICS; FLIGHT RANGE; MIGRATION; STOPOVER;

EID: 0030620118     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5976     Document Type: Article

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