The geographical scale factor in orientation of migrating birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-19

  Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Flight routes; Map projection; Orientation; Radar tracking; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003127532     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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