Albatross long-distance navigation: Comparing adults and juveniles

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-373

  Åkesson, Susanne ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bird navigation; Diomedea exulans; Migration; Wandering albatrosses

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 25144470822     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463305003401     Document Type: Article

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