Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migration speed?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 672-677

  Kemp, Michael U ^a   Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Van Gasteren, Hans ^b   Bouten, Willem ^a   Van Loon, E Emiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Nature Bureau   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AVIFAUNA; DATA SET; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

NETHERLANDS;

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EID: 78649797435     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05053.x     Document Type: Article

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