How individual Montagu's Harriers cope with Moreau's Paradox during the Sahelian winter

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1491-1501

  Schlaich, Almut Ellinor ^a,b,c   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a,b   Bouten, Willem ^d   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c,e   Koks, Ben Johannes ^a   Villers, Alexandre ^c   Both, Christiaan ^b  

^a Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

acridivorous birds; deterioration; GPS tracking; long distant migrant; Sahel; sub Saharan Africa; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GPS; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; RAPTOR; TRACKING;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS;

ANIMAL; CAELIFERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SENEGAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; SEASONS; SENEGAL;

EID: 84988370241     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12583     Document Type: Article

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