Southward migration and fuel deposition of Red Knots Calidris canutus

Ardea

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-224

  Helseth, Anders ^a   Lindström, Åke ^a,b   Stervander, Martin ^a  

^a Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Migration speed; Morphometrics; Ringing recoveries; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; MIGRATION; STOPOVER; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 33644628511     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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