Effects of fat reserves on annual apparent survival of blackbirds Turdus merula

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-132

  Miller, Mark W ^a   Aradis, Arianna ^b,d   Landucci, Giuseppe ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c Tenuta Presidenziale Castelporziano   (Italy)

^d Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Capture recapture analysis; Fat reserves; Survival; Wintering

Indexed keywords

FAT RESERVE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037281738     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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