Cultural transmission and flexibility of partial migration patterns in a long-lived bird, the great bustard Otis tarda

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Palacín, Carlos ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a   Alonso, Javier A ^b   Magaña, Marina ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 80053053868     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05395.x     Document Type: Article

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