How do diurnal long-distance migrants select flight altitude in relation to wind?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-409

  Mateos Rodríguez, María ^a,b   Liechti, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

bird behavior; migration; powered flight; predictive models; selection of flight altitude; tailwind assistance; tailwind component; tracking radar

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; COLLISION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLIGHT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; RADAR; RAPTOR; TRACKING; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ITALY; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; CIRCUS; FALCONIDAE; HIRUNDINIDAE; MILVUS;

EID: 84857598982     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr204     Document Type: Article

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