Is there a different response to winds during migration between soaring and flapping raptors? An example with the Montagu's harrier and the lesser kestrel

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-835

  Limiñana, Ruben ^a,b   Romero, Marta ^a   Mellone, Ugo ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Falco naumanni; Flight modes; Nocturnal migration; Satellite telemetry; Wind drift

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPENSATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; METEOROLOGY; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RAPTOR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES;

EID: 84876130575     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1506-9     Document Type: Article

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