Optimal migration schedules depend on the landscape and the physical environment: A dynamic modeling view

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-415

  Farmer, Adrian H ^a   Wiens, John A ^b  

^a Biological Resources Division   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATION; SHOREBIRD;

AVES; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0032436887     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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