Skipping the Baltic: The emergence of a dichotomy of alternative spring migration strategies in Russian barnacle geese

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Eichhorn, Götz ^a   Drent, Rudolf H ^a   Stahl, Julia ^b   Leito, Aivar ^c   Alerstam, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic breeding; Geolocation; Global change; Migratory timing; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SPRING (SEASON); STOPOVER; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOOSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEESE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RUSSIA; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ANSER; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 57549101706     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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