Fuelling in front of the Sahara desert in autumn - An overview of Swedish field studies of migratory birds in the eastern Mediterranean

Ornis Svecica

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 74-83

  Fransson, Thord ^a   Jakobsson, Sven ^b   Kullberg, Cecilia ^b   Mellroth, Roger ^c   Pettersson, Thomas ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BIRD; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; STOPOVER;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SAHARA;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 33646458860     PISSN: 11026812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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