Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: Individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Adamík, Peter ^a,b   Emmenegger, Tamara ^c   Briedis, Martins ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^d   Henshaw, Ian ^d   Krist, Miloš ^a,b   Laaksonen, Toni ^e   Liechti, Felix ^c   Procházka, Petr ^f   Salewski, Volker ^g   Hahn, Steffen ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^g Michael Otto Institut im NABU   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BREEDING; FLYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84958211401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21560     Document Type: Article

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