Body mass and fat reserves of Sedge Warblers during vernal nocturnal migration: Departure versus arrival

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Bolshakov, Casimir V ^a   Bulyuk, Victor N ^a   Mukhin, Andrey ^a   Chernetsov, Nikita ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Flight duration; Flight range; High nets; Migratory strategy; Playback of songs

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037412452     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.1.81     Document Type: Article

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