Differential migration and body condition in Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) at a Mediterranean spring stopover site

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 321-328

  Maggini, Ivan ^a   Spina, Fernando ^b   Voigt, Christian C ^c   Ferri, Andrea ^b   Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Barrier crossing; Body condition; Differential migration; Mediterranean; Migration timing; Oenanthe oenanthe

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; VENTOTENE;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84874985214     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0896-1     Document Type: Article

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