Migratory decisions in birds: Extent of genetic versus environmental control

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Ogonowski, Mark S ^a   Conway, Courtney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Behavioral plasticity; Condition dependence; Heritability; Migratory tendency

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; HERITABILITY; LOGISTICS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; STRIGIFORMES;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 67649370939     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1356-3     Document Type: Article

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