Population-level scaling of avian migration speed with body size and migration distance for powered fliers

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1839-1847

  La Sorte, Frank A ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Delong, John P ^b   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Body size; EBird; Macroecology; Migration distance; Migration speed; North America; Optimal migration theory; Powered flight; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 84881219642     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1768.1     Document Type: Article

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