Plasticity of moult and breeding schedules in migratory European Stonechats Saxicola rubicola

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-697

  Flinks, Heiner ^a   Helm, Barbara ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migration; Moult; Phenology; Reproduction; Timing

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; PASSERIFORMES; SAXICOLA;

EID: 52649116544     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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