Photoperiodically regulated cycle of locomotory activity and fat reserves during migration seasons in the irruptive bird species, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos c. caudatus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Babushkina, Olga ^a   Bojarinova, Julia ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FAT RESERVE; FOOD LIMITATION; HATCHING; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

LAKE LADOGA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS; AVES; LADOGA;

EID: 79955501572     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05149.x     Document Type: Article

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