Ecological barriers promote risk minimisation and social learning in migrating short-toed snake eagles

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-80

  Panuccio, M ^a,b   Agostini, N ^a,b   Premuda, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MEDRAPTORS Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circaetus gallicus; flocking behaviour; geography; information transmission; migration; morphology; orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LEARNING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

GREECE; ITALY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

AVES; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS;

EID: 80755163813     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2011.583692     Document Type: Article

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