Nocturnal passerine migration without tailwind assistance

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-493

  Karlsson, Håkan ^a   Nilsson, Cecilia ^a   Bäckman, Johan ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airspeed; Flight speed; Passeriformes; Tracking radar; Wind

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FLIGHT; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RADAR; SEASONALITY; TRACKING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79958841786     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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