A Long-Distance Avian Migrant Compensates for Longitudinal Displacement during Spring Migration

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-190

  Chernetsov, Nikita ^a   Kishkinev, Dmitry ^a,b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^b  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PASSERIFORMES;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 38949193180     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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