Migratory connectivity in barn swallows and other hirundines

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-260

  Szép, Tibor ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Piper, Steven ^c   Nuttall, Rick ^d   Szabó, Zoltán D ^e   Pap, Péter L ^e  

^a Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIRUNDO;

EID: 34047105146     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0124-6     Document Type: Note

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