Variations in wing morphology among subspecies might reflect different migration distances in Bluethroat

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 162-169

  Arizaga, Juan ^a,b   Campos, Francisco ^c   Alonso, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Aranzadi Sciences Society   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION ROUTE; WING MORPHOLOGY; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LUSCINIA SVECICA;

EID: 33846485454     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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