Migration by flapping or soaring: Flight strategies of Marsh, Montagu's and Pallid Harriers in southern Israel

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 458-469

  Spaar, Reto ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Circus aeruginosus; Circus macrourus; Circus pygargus; flapping gliding flight; flight strategy; harrier; soaring gliding flight

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; CIRCUS MACROURUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; MACROURUS;

EID: 0030988819     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369952     Document Type: Article

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