How hazardous is the Sahara Desert crossing for migratory birds? Indications from satellite tracking of raptors

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-300

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Barrier crossings; Carry over effects; Mortality

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY RISK; RAPTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

SAHARA;

AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; FALCO SUBBUTEO; PANDION HALIAETUS; PERNIS APIVORUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 77953339945     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0785     Document Type: Article

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