Autumn migration speed of juvenile Reed and Sedge Warblers in relation to date and fat loads

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Nielsen, Bo ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Fat loads; Reed Warbler; Ringing recoveries; Sedge Warbler; Speed of migration

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; PHRAGMITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032976623     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370456     Document Type: Article

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