What drives long-distance movements in the nomadic Grey Teal Anas gracilis in Australia?

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 474-484

  Roshier, David ^a   Asmus, Martin ^a   Klaassen, Marcel ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental cues; Grey Teal; Migration; Nomadism; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATION; SATELLITE DATA; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANAS; ANAS GRACILIS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 43049131189     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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