Individual repeatability in timing and spatial flexibility of migration routes of trans-Saharan migratory raptors

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 642-652

  López López, Pascual ^a   García Ripollés, Clara ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egyptian vulture; Endogenous control; GPS; Loop migration; Neophron percnopterus; Random routes; Satellite tracking; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908257729     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.5.642     Document Type: Article

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