Nocturnal arrival at a roost by migrating Levant Sparrowhawks

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Yosef, Reuven ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accipiter brevipes; Eilat; Levant Sparrowhawk; Nocturnal migration

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER BREVIPES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0037985503     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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