Time of nocturnal departures in European robins, Erithacus rubecula, in relation to celestial cues, season, stopover duration and fat stores

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 855-865

  Bolshakov, Casimir V ^a   Chernetsov, Nikita ^a   Mukhin, Andrey ^a,b   Bulyuk, Victor N ^a   Kosarev, Vladislav ^a   Ktitorov, Pavel ^a,c   Leoke, Dmitry ^a   Tsvey, Arseny ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

departure time; Erithacus rubecula; European robin; nocturnal migration; stopover duration; take off

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; STOPOVER;

COURISH SPIT; EURASIA; KALININGRAD [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERI;

EID: 34547679584     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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