Movement ecology of migration in turkey vultures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19102-19107

  Mandel, J T ^a,b   Bildstein, K L ^b   Bohrer, G ^c   Winkler, D W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Acopian Center for Conservation Learning   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Flight; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLYING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEART RATE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA;

EID: 58049198482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801789105     Document Type: Article

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