Body mass and fat scores of Palaearctic migrants at the southern fringe of the Sahara desert in autumn

Vogelwarte

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Altwegg, Res ^a   Bâ, Amadou ^b   Liechti, Felix ^a   Peter, Dieter ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Ministère du Dévéloppement Rural et de l'Environnement   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BIRD; BODY MASS; DESERT; FAT RESERVE; MIGRANT WORKER;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 33751079607     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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