Female-biased obligate strategies in a partially migratory population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-871

  Fudickar, Adam M ^a,b,c   Schmidt, Andreas ^a   Hau, Michaela ^a,b   Quetting, Michael ^a   Partecke, Jesko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Corticosterone; Partial migration; Radio telemetry; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARRIVAL DATE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; FEMALE; HORMONE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOVEMENT; OVERWINTERING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SONGBIRD; TRACKING;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84879166344     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12052     Document Type: Article

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