Strong migratory connectivity and seasonally shifting isotopic niches in geographically separated populations of a long-distance migrating songbird

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1217-1225

  Hahn, Steffen ^a   Amrhein, Valentin ^b,c   Zehtindijev, Pavel ^d   Liechti, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Ecological niche; Geolocator; Non breeding period; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; NICHE OVERLAP; PALEARCTIC ECOZONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERI;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BULGARIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; BULGARIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; ITALY; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84888327415     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2726-4     Document Type: Article

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