Niche partitioning of two Palearctic passerine migrants with Afrotropical residents in their West African winter quarters

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-502

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b Forschungsstelle fur Ornithologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Bird migration; Ficedula hypoleuca; Niche partitioning; Phylloscopus trochilus

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; PASSERINE;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX; TROCHILUS;

EID: 0041926713     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg021     Document Type: Article

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