Predicted and observed migration speed in lesser spotted eagle Aquila pomarina

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Hedenström, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Aquila clanga; Satellite tracking; Soaring migration

Indexed keywords

LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE; MIGRATION SPEED; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; SPOTTED EAGLE;

AQUILA CLANGA; AQUILA POMARINA;

EID: 0030882766     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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