Influence of fuel load and weather on timing of nocturnal spring migratory departures in European robins, Erithacus rubecula

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 385-395

  Bulyuk, Victor N ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Control of spring migration; Erithacus rubecula; European robin; Nocturnal departure; Weather and stopover factors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 84856956003     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1284-1     Document Type: Article

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