Passerine migration strategies and body mass variation along geographic sectors across East Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-381

  Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Biebach, Herbert ^b   Nikolaus, Gerhard ^a   Pearson, David J ^a  

^a Max Planck Institute for Ornithology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Eastern Africa; Migration strategy; Palearctic passerines

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 62549157345     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0357-z     Document Type: Article

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