Flight strategies of migrating raptors; a comparative study of interspecific variation in flight characteristics

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Spaar, Reto ^a,b  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT STRATEGY; GLIDING; MIGRATORY BIRD; RAPTOR;

ISRAEL;

ACCIPITER BREVIPES; AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AQUILA POMARINA; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO VULPINUS; CICONIIFORMES; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSIS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; CIRCUS MACROURUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; FALCO; GYPS FULVUS; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; MACROURUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; PERNIS APIVORUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0030858561     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04669.x     Document Type: Article

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