Mapping the migratory routes and wintering areas of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni: New insights from satellite telemetry

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-399

  Limiñana, Ruben ^a,b   Romero, Marta ^b   Mellone, Ugo ^b   Urios, Vicente ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Migration strategies; Nocturnal migration; Sahel; Stopover; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT LOSS; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RAPTOR; STOPOVER; TELEMETRY;

MALI; MAURITANIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL; SPAIN;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 84858294030     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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