To leave or not to leave: Survival trade-offs between different migratory strategies in the greater flamingo

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1171-1182

  Sanz Aguilar, Ana ^a   Béchet, Arnaud ^b   Germain, Christophe ^b   Johnson, Alan R ^c   Pradel, Roger ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Arrival time hypothesis; Capture recapture; Environmental conditions; Phoenicopterus ruber; Wintering

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER;

EID: 84868201257     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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