A method of preventing small satellite transmitters from being shaded by feathers

Wader Study Group Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-139

  Hillig, Franziska ^a   Nagel, Rolf ^a   Nikolaus, Gerhard ^b   Exo, Klaus Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Charging; Grey plover; Migration; Platform transmitter terminal; Pluvialis squatarola; PTT; Voltage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867693737     PISSN: 02603799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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