Response to weather and light conditions of migrating Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus and flying height profiles, observed with the Argos satellite system

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Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 434-443

  Pennycuick, C J ^a   Bradbury, T A M ^b   Einarsson, Ólafur ^c   Owen, Myrfyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cashes Green ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; LIGHT EFFECT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; WATERFOWL; WEATHER;

CYGNUS CYGNUS;

EID: 0032789190     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04412.x     Document Type: Article

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