Fuel stores, fuel accumulation, and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 657-666

  Schaub, Michael ^a,b   Jenni, Lukas ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^c  

^a SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture recapture model; Fuel deposition rate; Passerine; Take off probability; Trans Sahara migrant

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUEL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 45349108141     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn023     Document Type: Article

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