Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: Evidence from whole-island telemetry

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-481

  Goymann, Wolfgang ^a   Spina, Fernando ^b   Ferri, Andrea ^b   Fusani, Leonida ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Garden warbler; Migration; Physiology of migration; Stopover; Subcutaneous body fat; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

FAT; ISLAND; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NATURAL BARRIER; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; SYLVIA BORIN;

ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SONGBIRDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957287375     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1028     Document Type: Article

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