Variation in the nocturnal flight behaviour of migratory birds along the northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 480-488

  Fortin, Daniel ^a   Liechti, Felix ^b   Bruderer, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

(NORTHWEST); MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032764142     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04417.x     Document Type: Article

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