Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-507

  Bairlein, Franz ^a   Norris, D Ryan ^b   Nagel, Rolf ^a   Bulte, Marc ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^c   Fox, James W ^d   Hussell, David J T ^e   Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Geolocator; Northern wheatear; Stable hydrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; INSECTIVORE; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; OENANTHE OENANTHE; PASSERI;

EID: 84864342193     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1223     Document Type: Article

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