Migration patterns of tundra birds: Tracking radar observations along the Northeast Passage

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 346-371

  Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Bird flight; Bird migration; Northeast Passage; Orientation; Radar; Siberia

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MIGRATION; RADAR; TRACKING; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; NORTHEAST PASSAGE;

ANAS; ANSER; AVES; CATHARACTA; GALE; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERCORARIUS POMARINUS;

EID: 0033368513     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic941     Document Type: Article

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