Migratory directions of free-flying birds versus orientation in registration cages

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2225-2231

  Nievergelt, Fränzi ^a,b   Liechti, Felix ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird; Migration; Orientation; Orientation cage; Radar

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0032884476     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.16.2225     Document Type: Article

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