Convergent patterns of long-distance nocturnal migration in noctuid moths and passerine birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3074-3080

  Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Chapman, Jason W ^b   Bäckman, Johan ^a   Smith, Alan D ^b   Karlsson, Håkan ^a   Nilsson, Cecilia ^a   Reynolds, Don R ^b,c   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Hill, Jane K ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autographa gamma; Flight speed; Lepidoptera; Orientation; Seasonal migration; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RADAR; SONGBIRD; WIND DIRECTION;

ANIMALIA; AUTOGRAPHA GAMMA; AVES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80052713217     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0058     Document Type: Article

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