Long-distance bird migration within South America revealed by light-level geolocators

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-229

  Jahn, Alex E ^a,b   Levey, Douglas J ^a,c   Cueto, Víctor R ^b   Ledezma, Jesús Pinto ^d   Tuero, Diego T ^b   Fox, James W ^e,f   Masson, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f Migrate Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Fork tailed Flycatcher; Geolocator; Neotropical austral migrants; Tyrannidae; Tyrannus savana

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACKING; WINTER;

AMAZONIA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; VENEZUELA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNIDAE; TYRANNUS SAVANA;

EID: 84878820701     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12077     Document Type: Article

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