Post-breeding migration in male great bustards: Low tolerance of the heaviest Palaearctic bird to summer heat

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1705-1715

  Alonso, Juan C ^a   Palacín, Carlos ^a   Alonso, Javier A ^b   Martín, Carlos A ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Great bustard; Otis tarda; Partial migration; Summer migration; Weather sensitivity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; HELIANTHUS; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 77952668571     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0783-9     Document Type: Article

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