A vehicle-mounted radar for dual-purpose monitoring of birds

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 882-886

  Harmata, Alan R ^a   Leighty, Gregory R ^a,b   O'Neil, Eric L ^a,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maxim Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird monitoring; Mobile system; Radar

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MONITORING; RADAR;

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EID: 0142153919     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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