Synchronous monitoring of vulture movements with satellite telemetry and avian radar

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-162

  Beason, R C ^a   Humphrey, J S ^b   Myers, N E ^c   Avery, M L ^b  

^a Accipiter Radar Corporation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black vulture; Conservation; Flight behavior; Platform terminal transmitter; Radar tracking; Satellite telemetry; Turkey vulture

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DETECTION METHOD; FLIGHT; GPS; MOVEMENT; RADAR; RAPTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNCHRONY;

AVES; CATHARTES; CORAGYPS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 78649605418     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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