Adaptive strategies in nocturnally migrating insects and songbirds: Contrasting responses to wind

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-124

  Chapman, Jason W ^a,b   Nilsson, Cecilia ^c   Lim, Ka S ^a   Bäckman, Johan ^c   Reynolds, Don R ^a,d   Alerstam, Thomas ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autographa gamma; Drift compensation; Flight behaviour; Noctuid moths; Passerines; Seasonal migration; Windborne migration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPENSATION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RADAR; SONGBIRD; WIND DIRECTION;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AUTOGRAPHA GAMMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FLYING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN; TELECOMMUNICATION; WIND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTHS; RADAR; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN; WIND;

EID: 84939501471     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12420     Document Type: Article

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