Adaptations to migration in birds: Behavioural strategies, morphology and scaling effects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1490, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Morphology; Moult; Physiological flexibility; Scaling; Time minimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL CYCLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; FITNESS; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; SCALE EFFECT;

AVES;

EID: 37149001580     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2140     Document Type: Review

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