Age and sex differences in the timing of fall migration of Hawks and Falcons

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 214-224

  Mueller, Helmut C ^a,b   Mueller, Nancy S ^b   Berger, Daniel D ^b   Allez, George ^b   Robichaud, William ^b   Kaspar, John L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Cedar Grove Ornithological Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; MIGRATION; RAPTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CEDAR GROVE; UNITED STATES; WISCONDIN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO LAGOPUS; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS; PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0034080269     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0214:AASDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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