To fly or not to fly depending on winds: Shorebird migration in different seasonal wind regimes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1449-1457

  Grönroos, Johanna ^a   Green, Martin ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Departure decision; Migration; Radar; Radiotelemetry; Shorebird; Wind; Wind selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FLY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; WADER; WIND VELOCITY;

SCANDINAVIA;

AVES;

EID: 84861855036     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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