An addendum to songbird migration across the Sahara: The non-stop hypothesis rejected!

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1620, 2007, Pages 1919-1920

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

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Migration; Quantification with radar; Sahara; Songbird

Indexed keywords

PASSERI;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AFRICA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADAR; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548501733     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0188     Document Type: Article

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