Twilight ascents by common swifts, Apus apus, at dawn and dusk: Acquisition of orientation cues?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-552

  Dokter, Adriaan M ^a,b   Åkesson, Susanne ^c   Beekhuis, Hans ^b   Bouten, Willem ^a   Buurma, Luit ^d   van Gasteren, Hans ^e   Holleman, Iwan ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Biology   (Sweden)

^d Military Aviation Authority   (Netherlands)

^e Royal Netherlands Air Force   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apus apus; Atmospheric assessment; Celestial cue; Common swift; Flight altitude; Navigation; Orientation; Twilight; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BOUNDARY LAYER; BREEDING SEASON; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; ISOTHERM; LIGHT EFFECT; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RADAR; TAXONOMY; TWILIGHT;

NETHERLANDS;

APUS APUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84875243282     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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