The relevance of environmental conditions for departure decision changes en route in migrating geese

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1953-1960

  Bauer, Silke ^a   Gienapp, Phillip ^b   Madsen, Jesper ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Local accumulated temperatures; Phenotypic plasticity; Photoperiod; Pink footed goose; Proportional hazards model; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GOOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEESE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEASONS;

EID: 48349111094     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1101.1     Document Type: Article

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