Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-164

  Catry, Inês ^a   Dias, Maria P ^b,c   Catry, Teresa ^c   Afanasyev, Vsevolod ^d   Fox, James ^d   Franco, Aldina M A ^e   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geolocators; Migration; Pre migratory movements; Wintering range

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; SAHARA;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES;

EID: 78650158176     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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