Ecological barriers shaping fuel stores in barn swallows Hirundo rustica following the central and western Mediterranean flyways

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-22

  Rubolini, Diego ^a   Pastor, Andrea Gardiazabal ^b   Pilastro, Andrea ^c   Spina, Fernando ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b C/Ceuta 10 ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FLIGHT; MIGRATION; PASSERINE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036216495     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.330104.x     Document Type: Article

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