Understanding the migratory orientation program of birds: Extending laboratory studies to study free-flying migrants in a natural setting

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-322

  Thorup, Kasper ^a   Holland, Richard A ^b   Tøttrup, Anders P ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; FLYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EUROPE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORIENTATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CICONIIDAE; RAPTORES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 77956272858     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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