When and where does mortality occur in migratory birds? Direct evidence from long-term satellite tracking of raptors

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-184

  Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a,b,c   Hake, Mikael ^a   Strandberg, Roine ^a   Koks, Ben J ^b   Trierweiler, Christiane ^b,d   Exo, Klaus Michael ^d   Bairlein, Franz ^d   Alerstam, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal migration; Annual survival; Ecology of death; Long distance migration; Satellite radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SURVIVAL;

SAHARA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RAPTORES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANNUAL SURVIVAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY OF DEATH; LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RAPTOR; SATELLITE RADIO-TELEMETRY; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANNUAL SURVIVAL; ECOLOGY OF DEATH; LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION; SATELLITE RADIO-TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; RAPTORS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84890634342     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12135     Document Type: Article

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