Pinpointing 'Isla Meta': The case of sea turtles and albatrosses

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Papi, F ^a   Luschi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Homing; Navigation; Satellite tracking; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003163636     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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