Intake rates, stochasticity, or onset of spring - What aspects of food availability affect spring migration patterns in Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus?

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-566

  Bauer, Silke ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^b   Klaassen, Marcel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Arctic breeder; Interdependent stopover site use; Stochastic dynamic model; Stopover duration

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; STOPOVER; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

EID: 34248142963     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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