Post-breeding migration of four Long-tailed Skuas (Stercorarius longicaudus) from North and East Greenland to West Africa

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-381

  Sittler, Benoît ^a,b   Aebischer, Adrian ^a,c   Gilg, Olivier ^a,d,e  

^a Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Natural History Museum Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Greenland; Long tailed Skua; Post breeding migration; Rates of travel; Satellite tracking; Staging area; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; SEABIRD; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; CATHARACTA; STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS;

EID: 79952704338     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0597-6     Document Type: Article

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