Migrating swans profit from favourable changes in wind conditions at low altitude;Ziehende Schwäne profitieren von günstige Winden in niedrigen Höhen

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-151

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Beekman, Jan H ^a,b   Kontiokorpi, Jari ^c   Mulder, Roef J W ^a,b   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bewick's swan; Cygnus columbianus bewickii; Flight altitude; Migration; Satellite transmitters; Tailwind vector

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOTELEMETRY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 2342521397     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-004-0025-x     Document Type: Article

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