An unknown migration route of the 'globally threatened' Aquatic Warbler revealed by geolocators

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 549-552

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Flade, Martin ^b   Poluda, Anatolii ^c   Kiljan, Grzegorz ^d   Liechti, Felix ^e   Lisovski, Simeon ^e,f   Hahn, Steffen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Brandenburg   (Germany)

^c SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^d Swiss Ornithological Institute ^*  (Poland)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus paludicola; Conservation; Flyway; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION ROUTE; PASSERINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOPOVER; WINTER;

FRANCE; SPAIN; UKRAINE; WEST AFRICA;

ACROCEPHALUS PALUDICOLA; AVES;

EID: 84874993071     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0912-5     Document Type: Article

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