A dispersive migration in the atlantic Puffin and its implications for migratory navigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Guilford, Tim ^a   Freeman, Robin ^a,b   Boyle, Dave ^a   Dean, Ben ^a   Kirk, Holly ^a   Phillips, Richard ^c   Perrins, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; TIME;

AVES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960595951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021336     Document Type: Article

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