Migration pattern of Icelandic Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus graellsii: Indications of a leap-frog system

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-609

  Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor ^a,b   Gunnarsson, Hallgrimur V ^c   Torfason, Olafur ^c   Buijs, Roland Jan ^d   Camphuysen, Kees C J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Reykjanes Environmental Research Institute   (Iceland)

^c Buijs Eco Consult ^*  (Iceland)

^d Buijs Eco Consult BV   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age segregation; Colour ringing project; Differential migration; Migratory connectivity; Non breeding distribution

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BREEDING POPULATION; CONNECTIVITY; HOME RANGE; MIGRATION; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ICELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANURA; AVES; LARUS FUSCUS GRAELLSII;

EID: 84865147436     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0816-4     Document Type: Article

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