Daytime passerine migrants over the Sahara - Are these diurnal migrants or prolonged flights of nocturnal migrants?

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a   Liechti, Felix ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34547901757     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.2.38.118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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