Complementing the puzzle of Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) migration: New evidence from an eastern colony in the Aegean Sea

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 839-848

  Kassara, Christina ^a   Fric, Jakob ^b   Gschweng, Marion ^c,d   Sfenthourakis, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Ornithological Society Athens   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Global Concepts for Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Eleonora's Falcon; Home range; Madagascar; Overwintering; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT; HOME RANGE; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; ORNITHOLOGY; OVERWINTERING; RAPTOR; SIBLING; SPACE USE;

AEGEAN SEA; MADAGASCAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FALCO ELEONORAE; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84865123405     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0802-2     Document Type: Article

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