Alternate non-stop migration strategies of pied flycatchers to cross the Sahara desert

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Ouwehand, Janne ^a   Both, Christiaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afro palaearctic passerine; Ficedula hypoleuca; Fuelling; Migration strategy; Sahara desert

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; TRACKING;

SAHARA;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982181805     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1060     Document Type: Article

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