Garden Warbler Sylvia borin migration in sub-Saharan West Africa: Phenology and body mass changes

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 750-757

  Ottosson, Ulf ^a,b,c   Waldenström, Jonas ^a,c   Hjort, Christian ^a   Mcgregor, Ross ^b,d  

^a Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; ENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CONGO BASIN; GAMBIA; GUINEA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 33646439702     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2005.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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