The annual cycle of a trans-equatorial Eurasian-African passerine migrant: Different spatio-temporal strategies for autumn and spring migration

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 1008-1016

  Tøttrup, Anders P ^a   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^c   Strandberg, Roine ^c   Thorup, Kasper ^b   Kristensen, Mikkel Willemoes ^b   Jorgensen, Peter Sogaard ^a   Fox, James ^d,e   Afanasyev, Vsevolod ^d   Rahbek, Carsten ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e Migrate Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Geolocator; Migration routes; Migration speed; Passerine; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; AUTUMN; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; ENDOGENOUS CUE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHENOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); STOPOVER; TRACKING;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

AVES; LANIUS COLLURIO; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84856260603     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1323     Document Type: Article

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