Mass change pattern of Blackcaps refueling during spring migration: Evidence for physiological limitations to food assimilation

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-239

  Gannes, Leonard Z ^a  

^a PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Physiology; Stopover; Sylvia atricapilla; Sylviid warbler

Indexed keywords

AVES; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036253290     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0231:MCPOBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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