Stopover optimization in a long-distance migrant: The role of fuel load and nocturnal take-off time in Alaskan northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a   Korner Nievergelt, Fränzi ^b,c   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^b   Nagel, Rolf ^a   Maggini, Ivan ^a,d   Bulte, Marc ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Oikostat GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Capture recapture; Cormack Jolly Seber model; Departure probability; Departure time; Migration speed; Northern wheatear; Optimization; Songbird; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE; PASSERI;

EID: 84877290026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-26     Document Type: Article

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