Radar aeroecology: Exploring the movements of aerial fauna through radio-wave remote sensing

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-701

  Chilson, Phillip B ^a   Bridge, Eli ^a   Frick, Winifred F ^b   Chapman, Jason W ^c,d   Kelly, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroecology; Migration; Phenology; Radar

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AVIFAUNA; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; PHENOLOGY; RADIO WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866713620     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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