Forecasting spring from afar? Timing of migration and predictability of phenology along different migration routes of an avian herbivore

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 272-283

  Kölzsch, Andrea ^a,b   Bauer, Silke ^a,c   de Boer, Rob ^a   Griffin, Larry ^d   Cabot, David ^e   Exo, Klaus Michael ^f   van der Jeugd, Henk P ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Environmental Consultancy Services   (Ireland)

^f INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branta leucopsis; Barnacle goose; Capital breeding; Climatic barrier; GDD jerk; Green wave hypothesis; Migration flyway; Onset of spring

Indexed keywords

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GOOSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEESE; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 84919873185     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12281     Document Type: Article

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