Flight behaviour of white storks ciconia ciconia on their migration over southern israel

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 3-13

  Liechti, Felix ^a   Ehrich, Dorothée ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a,b  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ciconia ciconia; flight behaviour; Israel; migration; radar study

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR; MIGRATION; RADAR; WHITE STORK;

ISRAEL;

CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 0030483963     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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