Loop migration in adult marsh harriers Circus aeruginosus, as revealed by satellite telemetry

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-207

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

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; NDVI; RAPTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY; WIND DIRECTION;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS;

EID: 77953337159     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05058.x     Document Type: Article

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