Effect of geolocators on migration and subsequent breeding performance of a long-distance passerine migrant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Arlt, Debora ^a   Low, Matthew ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GEOLOCATOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MALE; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; OENANTHE OENANTHE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891778570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082316     Document Type: Article

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