Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-664

  van Wijk, Rien E ^a   Kölzsch, Andrea ^a   Kruckenberg, Helmut ^b   Ebbinge, Barwolt S ^c   Müskens, Gerhard J D M ^c   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b European White Fronted Goose Research Programme   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GPS; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDE; MIGRATION ROUTE; NDVI; PHOTOPERIOD; SNOW COVER; STOPOVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER ALBIFRONS ALBIFRONS; AVES;

EID: 84859726447     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20083.x     Document Type: Article

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