Fuelling decisions in migratory birds: Geomagnetic cues override the seasonal effect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1622, 2007, Pages 2145-2151

  Kullberg, Cecilia ^a   Henshaw, Ian ^a   Jakobsson, Sven ^a   Johansson, Patrik ^b   Fransson, Thord ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Endogenous time programme; Fuelling decisions; Magnetic cues

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOMAGNETISM; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMAGNETISM; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; THRUSH NIGHTINGALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA;

EID: 34548048814     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0554     Document Type: Article

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