Long-distance migrants as a model system of structural and physiological plasticity

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-271

  Weber, Thomas P ^a   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Flight range; Organ dynamics; Stopover ecology; Time minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041370246     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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