Geographical and temporal flexibility in the response to crosswinds by migrating raptors

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1710, 2011, Pages 1339-1346

  Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Hake, Mikael ^b   Strandberg, Roine ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird orientation; Migration; Satellite tracking; Wind drift

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MARSH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAPTOR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WIND VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79953312120     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2106     Document Type: Article

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