Spring migration decisions in relation to weather are predicted by wing morphology among trans-Mediterranean migratory birds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 658-669

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   von Hardenberg, Jost ^b   Ambrosini, Roberto ^c   Provenzale, Antonello ^b   Romano, Maria ^a   Spina, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Migration; Sex; Stopover; Weather; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STOPOVER; WEATHER; WING MORPHOLOGY;

NORTH AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 77955132789     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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