Birds: Blowin' by the wind?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-211

  Liechti, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Flight behaviour; Flight costs; Migratory strategies; Wind drift; Wind influence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORNITHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES;

EID: 33645791644     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0061-9     Document Type: Review

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