Birds of a feather winter together: Migratory connectivity in the Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-150

  Procházka, Petr ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Karcza, Zsolt ^c   Kralj, Jelena ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Hungarian Bird Ringing Centre   (Hungary)

^d Institute of Ornithology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Migratory connectivity; Migratory divide; Ringing recoveries; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; FEATHER; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RINGING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES;

EID: 41349105707     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0250-1     Document Type: Article

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