Compass orientation and possible migration routes of passerine birds at high arctic latitudes

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-349

  Muheim, Rachel ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE;

ARCTIC;

AVES; NEARCTIC; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0345479168     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12122.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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