Tracking migration routes and the annual cycle of a trans-Sahara songbird migrant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 915-922

  Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a   Buchmann, Martin ^b   Fox, James W ^c   Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b Unterer Sand 12 ^*  (Germany)

^c Migrate Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Light level geolocator; Migration route; Northern Wheatear; Songbird; Trans Sahara migrant

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; GPS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOVEMENT; PALEARCTIC REGION; SONGBIRD; TRACKING;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SPAIN; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE; PASSERI;

EID: 84861235977     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1340-5     Document Type: Article

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