Within-winter movements: A common phenomenon in the Common Pochard Aythya ferina

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-494

  Keller, Irene ^a,b   Korner Nievergelt, Fränzi ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distances and directions of winter movements; Exchange of Pochards between European regions within winter; Ring recovery analysis; Waterbird; Winter harshness

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; AYTHYA FERINA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 62549101995     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0367-x     Document Type: Article

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