Factors influencing the movement biology of migrant songbirds confronted with an ecological barrier

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2041-2051

  Smolinsky, Jaclyn A ^a   Diehl, Robert H ^b   Radzio, Thomas A ^c   Delaney, David K ^d   Moore, Frank R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharus ustulatus; Ecological barrier; Energetic condition; Migration; Stopover duration; Swainson's thrush

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTUMN; FLIGHT; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HABITAT; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER; WEATHER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; PASSERI; TURDIDAE;

EID: 84887619748     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1614-6     Document Type: Article

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