Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1490, 2008, Pages 211-229

  Barta, Zoltán ^a,b   McNamara, John M ^b   Houston, Alasdair I ^b   Weber, Thomas P ^c   Hedenström, Anders ^c   Feró, Orsolya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Dynamic programming; Migration; Moult; Optimal annual routines; State dependent dynamic models

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT;

AVES;

EID: 37049005990     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2136     Document Type: Review

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