Winter site fidelity is higher than expected for Eurasian Teal Anas crecca in the Camargue, France

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-275

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Fuster, Jonathan ^a   Lepley, Michel ^a   Mouronval, Jean Baptiste ^a   Massez, Grégoire ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b Les Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION MIGRATION; SITE FIDELITY; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANAS CRECCA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 77249170571     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792122     Document Type: Article

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