Are Dutch Skylarks partial migrants? Ring recovery data and radio-telemetry suggest local coexistence of contrasting migration strategies

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Hegemann, Arne ^a   Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^b   De Graaf, Merlijn ^a   Oostebrink, Lotte L ^a   Irene Tieleman, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal; Partial migration; Radio telemetry; Ringing; The netherlands; Wintering

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RINGING; SONGBIRD;

NETHERLANDS;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES;

EID: 78649279425     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0202     Document Type: Article

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