Fuel deposition of three passerine bird species along the migration route

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 306-317

  Schaub, Michael ^a,b   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Fuel deposition; Migration organisation; Passerine birds; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PASSERINE; STOPOVER;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 0034110314     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050036     Document Type: Article

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