Activity and migratory flights of individual free-flying songbirds throughout the annual cycle: method and first case study

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 309-319

  Bäckman, Johan ^a   Andersson, Arne ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Pedersen, Lykke ^b   Sjöberg, Sissel ^a   Thorup, Kasper ^b   Tøttrup, Anders P ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; SENSOR; SLEEP; SONGBIRD;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; EUROPE; SAHARA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

AVES; LANIUS COLLURIO;

EID: 84979782502     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.01068     Document Type: Article

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