Individuality in bird migration: Routes and timing

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-505

  Vardanis, Yannis ^a   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Strandberg, Roine ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Repeatability; Routes; Satellite tracking; Timing

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; ENDOGENOUS CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR; RECOGNITION; TRACKING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS;

EID: 80051698662     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1180     Document Type: Article

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