Migration routes of Steppe Eagles between Asia and Africa: A study by means of satellite telemetry

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-227

  Meyburg, Bernd U ^a   Paillat, Patrick ^b   Meyburg, Christiane ^a  

^a World Working Group on Birds of Prey   (Germany)

^b National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aquila nipalensis; Migration; Satellite telemetry; Steppe Eagle; Wintering sites

Indexed keywords

AQUILA; AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0037695163     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0219:MROSEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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