Migration strategy of a flight generalist, the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-68

  Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b   Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^c   Exo, Klaus Michael ^d   Bairlein, Franz ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

animal movement; currency; flight modes; migration strategies; migratory stopover

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GENERALIST; GPS; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; STOPOVER; TELEMETRY;

AFRICA; ENGLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 84555170619     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr150     Document Type: Article

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