Monitoring flight calls of migrating birds from an oil platform in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Farnsworth, Andrew ^a,c   Russell, Robert W ^b,d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Flight calls; Gulf of Mexico; Nocturnal migration; Oil platforms

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34548239143     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2007.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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