Long-distance travellers stopover for longer: A case study with spoonbills staying in North Iberia

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-921

  Navedo, Juan G ^a,d   Orizaola, Germán ^b   Masero, José A ^a   Overdijk, Otto ^c   Sánchez Guzmán, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Working Group Spoonbills International   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Experience; Intraspecific competition; Migratory strategies; Spoonbill; Stopover duration; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956692076     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0530-z     Document Type: Article

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