Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla stopping over at the desert edge; physiological state and flight-range estimates

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-233

  Izhaki, Ido ^a   Maitav, Asaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DESERT; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; MIGRATION;

ISRAEL;

SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 0031982169     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04383.x     Document Type: Article

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