Quantification of bird migration by radar - A detection probability problem

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 342-355

  Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a,b   Liechti, Felix ^a   Bächler, Erich ^a   Steuri, Thomas ^a   Bruderer, Bruno ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision risk; Echo identification; Flight speed; Migration traffic rate; Ship radar

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41149175399     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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