The problem of estimating wind drift in migrating birds

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-496

  Green, Martin ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WIND DIRECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY POSITION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; WIND;

AVES;

EID: 0036406360     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(02)93094-8     Document Type: Article

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