Age-specific stopover behavior of migrant Bald Eagles

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-34

  Restani, Marco ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY CONDITION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; STOPOVER;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0034052649     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0028:ASSBOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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