Individual variability in the migratory path and stopovers of a long-distance pelagic migrant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 359-364

  Dias, Maria P ^a,b   Granadeiro, José P ^c   Catry, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Calonectris diomedea; Consistency; Cory's shearwater; Procellariiformes; Route fidelity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RETURN MIGRATION; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; STOPOVER; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 84880726781     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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