Ecophysiology of avian migration in the face of current global hazards

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1596, 2012, Pages 1719-1732

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a,b   Hoye, Bethany J ^a,b   Nolet, Bart A ^b   Buttemer, William A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avian physiology; Climate change; Conservation; Habitat destruction; Migratory; Vitality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FOOD QUALITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860666696     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0008     Document Type: Review

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