Spring migration of the Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) across the Mediterranean Sea

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-430

  Grattarola, Alessandra ^a   Spina, Fernando ^a   Pilastro, Andrea ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological barriers; Migration strategies; Physical conditions; Ringing; Trapping patterns

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 0033387780     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01650986     Document Type: Article

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