Individual responses in spring arrival date to ecological conditions during winter and migration in a migratory bird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 981-989

  Balbontín, Javier ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Hermosell, Ignacio G ^a   Marzal, Alfonso ^a   Reviriego, Maribel ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Bird migration; Climate change; Phenology; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NDVI; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SENESCENCE; STOPOVER;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 68149117162     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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