Strategies, punctuality of arrival and ranges of migrants in the Kalahari basin, Botswana

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 585-590

  Herremans, M ^a,b  

^a Dept of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; AVIFAUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

BOTSWANA; KALAHARI BASIN;

EID: 0031662996     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04703.x     Document Type: Article

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