Spatial behaviour and habitat use of first-year bluethroats luscinia svecica stopping over at coastal marshes during the autumn migration period

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-25

  Arizaga, Juan ^a   Andueza, Miren ^a,b   Tamayo, Ibon ^c  

^a Aranzadi Sciences Society   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Basque Government   (Spain)

Author keywords

autumn migration; Bluethroat; fuel management; habitat selection; home range; Luscinia svecica; northern Iberia; radiotracking; tides

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REEDBED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOPOVER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84880908082     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164513X669964     Document Type: Article

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