Migration of the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus): A Eurasian songbird wintering in highly seasonal conditions in the West African Sahel

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-264

  Kristensen, Mikkel Willemoes ^a   Tøttrup, Anders P ^b   Thorup, Kasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common Redstart; Itinerancy; Migration; Phoenicurus phoenicurus; Winter ecology; Zugknick

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; SPRING (SEASON);

AVES; PASSERI; PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS;

EID: 84878861586     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13001     Document Type: Article

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