Time of nocturnal departures in European robins, Erithacus rubecula, in relation to celestial cues, season, stopover duration and fat stores

To identify the mechanisms of control of temporal schedule of nocturnal migratory flights in small songbirds in nature, we studied the time of departure in a medium-distance nocturnal migrant, the European robin, on the Courish Spit (southeastern Baltic coast) using radiotelemetry. Exact measurement...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 2007-10, Vol.74 (4), p.855-865
Hauptverfasser:	Bolshakov, Casimir V., Chernetsov, Nikita, Mukhin, Andrey, Bulyuk, Victor N., Kosarev, Vladislav, Ktitorov, Pavel, Leoke, Dmitry, Tsvey, Arseny
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Bird migration Birds departure time Erithacus rubecula European robin nocturnal migration stopover duration take-off
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