Orientation of juvenile barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) tested in Emlen funnels during autumn migration

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-131

  Giunchi, Dimitri ^a   Baldaccini, N Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barn swallows; Bird migration; Bird orientation; Day migrant; Magnetic compass

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 3042669409     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0769-6     Document Type: Article

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