Timing and condition-related effects on recapture probability, mass change and stopover length of spring migrating songbirds on A small Mediterranean island

Ardeola

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-132

  Tenan, Simone ^a   Spina, Fernando ^b  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mass gain; Mediterranean sea; Passerine; Recapture probability; Spring migration; Stopover

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 78149350124     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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