Autumn migration of Montagu's harriers Circus pygargus tracked by satellite telemetry

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-523

  Limiñana, Ruben ^a   Soutullo, Alvaro ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Migration routes; Satellite tracking; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WINTER;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALI; MAURITANIA; SENEGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS;

EID: 34848891469     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0182-9     Document Type: Article

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