Assessing the function of broad-scale movements made by juvenile songbirds prior to migration

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-654

  Mitchell, Greg W ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b   Warkentin, Ian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging; Habitat use; Homing; Orientation; Post fledging; Pre migratory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DENDROICA CORONATA; DENDROICA STRIATA; PASSERI;

EID: 77955080075     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090136     Document Type: Article

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