Flying with the winds: Differential migration strategies in relation to winds in moth and songbirds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-4

  Åkesson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SONGBIRD; WIND FIELD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PASSERI;

ANIMAL; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; WIND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MOTHS; SONGBIRDS; WIND;

EID: 84969369421     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12450     Document Type: Article

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