Sex-and age-related differences in the timing and body condition of migrating Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Sedge Warblers Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-511

  Jakubas, Dariusz ^a   Wojczulanis Jakubas, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autumn protogyny; Differential migration; Reed Warbler; Sedge Warbler; Timing of migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEISM; AUTUMN; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PROTOGYNY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STOPOVER; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; WING;

DRUZNO LAKE; POLAND; WARMINSKO-MAZURSKIE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES;

EID: 77954455691     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0666-y     Document Type: Article

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