Observation of daytime sleep-like behavior in a migratory songbird during stopover

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 644-646

  Nemeth, Zoltán ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; SLEEP; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERI; WILSONIA (AVES); WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 77749268000     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-146.1     Document Type: Article

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