Potential use of weather radar to study movements of wintering waterfowl

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1324-1329

  Randall, Lori A ^a   Diehl, Robert H ^b   Wilson, Barry C ^c   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^a   Jeske, Clinton W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Gulf Coast Joint Venture   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging flight; ground truth; Louisiana; NEXRAD; waterfowl; weather radar; winter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER RADAR; ECHO SOUNDER; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 79960816295     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.173     Document Type: Article

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