Flying with the wind - Spring migration of arctic-breeding waders and geese over South Sweden

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-159

  Green, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic waders; Branta bernicla; Flight altitude; Flight speed; Spring migration; Wind selectivity

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; SPRING (SEASON); WADER; WATERFOWL; WIND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKANE; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 24044437178     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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