Migration and wintering areas of adult Montagu's Harriers (Circus pygargus) breeding in Spain

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Limiñana, Ruben ^a,b   Soutullo, Alvaro ^a,c   Urios, Vicente ^a   Reig Ferrer, Abilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Migration routes; Migration timing; Repeated migrations; Satellite tracking; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SPAIN;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS;

EID: 84855304774     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0698-x     Document Type: Article

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