Routes of migrating soaring birds

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Leshem, Yossi ^a,b   Yom Tov, Yoram ^b  

^a Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BIRD; SOARING; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER;

ISRAEL;

AQUILA NIPALENSIS; CICONIA CICONIA; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PERNIS APIVORUS;

EID: 0031965287     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04539.x     Document Type: Article

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