Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla, as recorded by satellite telemetry, do not minimize flight distance during spring migration

Ibis

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 106-121

  Green, Martin ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Clausen, Preben ^b   Drent, Rudi ^c   Ebbinge, Barwolt S ^d  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

^b Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; SPRING (SEASON); TELEMETRY; WATERFOWL;

WADDEN SEA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA;

EID: 0036065018     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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