Postbreeding movements of Frigatebirds tracked with satellite telemetry

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 220-225

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a,b   Le Corre, Matthieu ^c   Marsac, Francis ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^b   Tostain, Olivier ^d   Chastel, Olivier ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d ECOBIOS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fregata magnificens; Fregata minor; French Guiana; Indian Ocean; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

AVES; FREGATA MAGNIFICENS; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 32344431766     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0220:PMOFTW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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