Differential timing of spring migration in northern wheatears Oenanthe oenanthe: Hurried males or weak females?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-480

  Dierschke, Volker ^a,b   Mendel, Bettina ^a,b   Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Ornithological Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dominance; Northern wheatear; Oenanthe oenanthe; Optimal migration; Stopover behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STOPOVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; WORLD;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE;

EID: 13844264940     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0872-8     Document Type: Article

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