Migration distance and the effect of North Atlantic Oscillation on the spring arrival of birds in Central Europe

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-220

  Hubálek, Zdeněk ^a   Čapek, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climate; NAO; Phenology; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BIRD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA;

AVES;

EID: 53549122493     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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