Gonadal status upon spring arrival in long-distance and short-distance migrating stonechats (Saxicola torquata)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-331

  Raess, Michael ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Gonads; Migration; Reproductive timing; Saxicola torquata

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KAZAKHSTAN; SLOVAKIA; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

SAXICOLA TORQUATA; SAXICOLA TORQUATA MAURA;

EID: 27744570153     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0010-z     Document Type: Article

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