High Altitude Bird Migration at Temperate Latitudes: A Synoptic Perspective on Wind Assistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dokter, Adriaan M ^a,b   Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Kemp, Michael U ^a   Tijm, Sander ^b   Holleman, Iwan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGY; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; SPRING; WIND;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; CYCLONIC STORMS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AVES;

EID: 84871858964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052300     Document Type: Article

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