Weather and fuel reserves determine departure and flight decisions in passerines migrating across the Baltic Sea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Sjöberg, Sissel ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^a   Schulz, Axel ^b   Weidauer, Alexander ^b   Coppack, Timothy ^b   Muheim, Rachel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Inst for Appl Agricultural Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Bird migration; Departure decision; Flight duration; Passerine; Radiotelemetry; Route choice; Stopover

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; FALSTERBO; SKANE; SWEDEN;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84926453558     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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