The magnitude and timing of migration by soaring raptors, pelicans and storks over Israel

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-203

  Leshem, Yossi ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^b  

^a Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK KITE; HONEY BUZZARD; LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE; LEVANT SPARROWHAWK; MIGRATION; STEPPE BUZZARD; STEPPE EAGLE; WHITE PELICAN; WHITE STORK;

ISRAEL;

ACCIPITER BREVIPES; ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AQUILA POMARINA; BUTEO VULPINUS; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIDAE; MILVUS MIGRANS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PERNIS APIVORUS;

EID: 0029750394     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04328.x     Document Type: Article

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