Seasonal movements of Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus include extensive periods at sea

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 468-484

  Burnham, Kurt K ^a,b,c   Newton, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^c High Arctic Institute   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding home range; Greenland; Outward migration; Return migration; Sea ice; Winter home range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; DATA ACQUISITION; FJORD; HABITAT USE; ICEBERG; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; TAGGING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; GREENLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

AVES; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 79958856346     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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