The natural link between Europe and Africa - 2.1 billion birds on migration

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 624-626

  Hahn, Steffen ^a   Bauer, Silke ^a,b   Liechti, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 63849303389     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17309.x     Document Type: Article

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