Routes and travel rates of migrating Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus and Swainson's Hawks Buteo swainsoni in the Western Hemisphere

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-440

  Fuller, Mark R ^a   Seegar, William S ^b   Schueck, Linda S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Engineering Center   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATION;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO SWAINSONI; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS TUNDRIUS; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0032437767     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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