Reduced take-off ability in robins (Erithacus rubecula) due to migratory fuel load

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Lind, Johan ^a   Fransson, Thord ^b   Jakobsson, Sven ^a   Kullberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Erithacus rubecula; Fuel load; Predation risk; Take off ability; Wing load

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FALCO COLUMBARIUS;

EID: 0032979724     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050593     Document Type: Article

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