The evolution of bird migration - A synthesis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-279

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Migration system; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL;

BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; LATITUDE; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION; SEASONS;

AVES;

EID: 33947429253     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0186-y     Document Type: Review

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