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Proximate mechanisms affecting seasonal differences in migration speed of avian species

Faster migration in spring than in autumn seems to be a common pattern in birds. This has been ultimately explained by seasonally different selection pressures. Variation in migration speed is proximately caused by adjusting travel speed (distance covered during flight) and/or stopover duration (tim...

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Autor principal: Schmaljohann, Heiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22421-7