Interspecific comparison of the performance of soaring migrants in relation to morphology, meteorological conditions and migration strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Mellone, Ugo ^a   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^b   García Ripollés, Clara ^a   Limiñana, Ruben ^a,c   López López, Pascual ^a   Pavón, Diego ^d   Strandberg, Roine ^b   Urios, Vicente ^a   Vardakis, Michalis ^b   Alerstam, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; METEOROLOGY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT DISTANCE MIGRANT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WIND; AFRICA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; RAPTORES;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; RAPTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84863610040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039833     Document Type: Article

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