Spring passage of Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus across the western Mediterranean: Comparing islands with the mainland

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Barriocanal, Carles ^a   Robson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential timing; Mediterranean; Migration; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; MIGRATION; PASSERINE; SUBPOPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CABRERA; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX;

EID: 34347331092     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0110     Document Type: Article

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