Ecomorphological predictors of natal dispersal distances in birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Dawideit, Britta A ^a   Phillimore, Albert B ^b   Laube, Irina ^a   Leisler, Bernd ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bill morphology; Flight; Kipp's distance; Phylogenetic comparative

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 59449091746     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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