Seasonal pre-migratory fattening and increased activity in a nomadic and irruptive migrant, the Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 693-702

  Cornelius, Jamie M ^a   Hahn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Annual cycle; Endogenous rhythm; Environmental predictability; Fat; Migration; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANNUAL CYCLE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; PHOTOPERIOD; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; IBIS; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA;

EID: 84866450134     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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