Palearctic migrants in Africa - Competition with tropical species;Paläarktische Zugvögel in Afrika - Konkurrenz mit tropischen Arten?

Vogelwarte

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Salewski, Volker ^a,c   Bairlein, Franz ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; COEXISTENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEARCTIC REGION; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 33845704175     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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