Wind selectivity of migratory flight departures in birds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 140-144

  Åkesson, Susanne ^a   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Migratory departure; Optimal migration theory; Stopover; Winds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OPTIMIZATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0034049036     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050004     Document Type: Article

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