Converging migration routes of Eurasian hobbies Falco subbuteo crossing the African equatorial rain forest

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 727-733

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Ecological barrier; Equatorial rainforest; Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo; Route convergence

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION ROUTE; RAINFOREST; RAPTOR;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; FALCO SUBBUTEO;

EID: 58249114911     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1202     Document Type: Article

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