The dusk orientation and the influence of successive tests on pied flycatchers (ficedula hypoleuca) tested in emlen funnels

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Baldaccini, Natale Emilio ^a   Bertasi, Barbara ^a   Marchetti, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emlen fun nels; Individual variability; Migratory orientation; Pied flycatcher

Indexed keywords

NIGRATION; ORIENTATION; PIED FLYCATCHERS;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0031396104     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356204     Document Type: Article

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