Functions of perch relocations in a communal night roost of wintering bald eagles

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 809-816

  Yackel Adams, Amy A ^a   Skagen, Susan K ^b   Knight, Richard L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCHING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; ROOSTING; THERMOREGULATION;

NOOKSACK RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0040357440     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-015     Document Type: Article

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