The use of thermals by soaring migrants

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 667-674

  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

HONEY BUZZARD; LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE; MIGRATION; THERMAL; WHITE PELICAN; WHITE STORK;

ISRAEL;

AQUILA POMARINA; CICONIA CICONIA; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PERNIS AQUIVORUS;

EID: 0030303883     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04768.x     Document Type: Article

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