Annual routines of non-migratory birds: Optimal moult strategies

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 580-593

  Barta, Zoltán ^a,b   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a   Welham, Robert K ^a   Hedenström, Anders ^c   Weber, Thomas P ^c   Feró, Orsolya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MOLT; SEASONALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33645134939     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14240.x     Document Type: Article

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