Strategies of two Ospreys Pandion haliaetus migrating between Sweden and tropical Africa as revealed by satellite tracking

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Kjellén, Nils ^a   Hake, Mikael ^b   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

AUTUMN MIGRATION; MIGRATION; OSPREY; TIME MINIMIZATION;

CASPIAN SEA; COTE D'IVOIRE; MOZAMBIQUE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030613126     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677089     Document Type: Article

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