Optimality in avian migratory fuelling behaviour: A study of a trans-Saharan migrant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-182

  Bayly, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Elms Farm ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES;

EID: 29444458028     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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