Use of weather radar to characterize movements of roosting purple martins

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Russell, Kevin R ^a,b,c   Gauthreaux Jr , Sidney A ^a,d,e,f  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Society

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird movements; NEXRAD; Progne subis; Purple martins; Radar tracking; Remote sensing; Roosting flights; South Carolina; WSR 88D

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; RADAR; WEATHER;

UNITED STATES, SOUTH CAROLINA;

PROGNE SUBIS;

EID: 0031924925     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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