Resource buffering and the evolution of bird migration

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-106

  Bell, Christopher Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coadaptation; Foraging strategies; Migration; Resource buffering

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESOURCE USE; SONGBIRD;

AVES;

EID: 78650521418     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9383-4     Document Type: Article

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