Differential stopover of blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) by sex and age at Eilat, Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Yosef, R ^a   Wineman, A ^b  

^a Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; FAT RESERVE; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY; SEX DETERMINATION; STOPOVER; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 72049093474     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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