Wingbeat frequency of two Catharus thrushes during nocturnal migration

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-601

  Diehl, Robert H ^a   Larkin, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHARUS THRUSHES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; CATHRUS FUSCESCENS;

EID: 0031850914     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089408     Document Type: Article

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