Timing of songbird migration: Individual consistency within and between seasons

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-494

  Thorup, Kasper ^a   Vardanis, Yannis ^b   Tøttrup, Anders P ^a   Kristensen, Mikkel Willemoes ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

DENMARK;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 84884725877     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.05871.x     Document Type: Article

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