First description of migration and wintering of adult egyptian vultures neophron percnopterus tracked by GPS satellite telemetry

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-265

  García RIPOLLÉS, Clara ^a   López LÓPEZ, Pascual ^b   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; GPS; MIGRATION ROUTE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RAPTOR; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

AVES; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS;

EID: 77953993999     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650903505762     Document Type: Article

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