Complex timing of Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus migration due to pre- and post-migratory movements

Ardea

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-171

  Strandberg, Roine ^a   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Hake, Mikael ^b   Olofsson, Patrik ^c   Thorup, Kasper ^d   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c University of Copenhagen ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Marsh Harrier; Migration; Post migratory movements; Pre migratory movements; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; RAPTOR; SATELLITE; TRACKING;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SAHARA;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; PERNIS APIVORUS;

EID: 56749185256     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.096.0202     Document Type: Article

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