Bird migration across the Mediterranean: Ringing activities on Capri within the Progetto Piccole Isole

Ornis Svecica

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Spina, Fernando ^a   Piacentini, Dario ^a   Montemaggiori, Alessandro ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PALEARCTIC REGION; STOPOVER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES;

EID: 33646457835     PISSN: 11026812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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