Within night correlations between radar and ground counts of migrating songbirds

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Peckford, Michael L ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Migration ecology; Mist netting; Passerine; Radar; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 44849100622     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2008.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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