A circannual perspective on daily and total flight distances in a long-distance migratory raptor, the Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus

Biology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Schlaich, Almut E ^a,b,c   Bouten, Willem ^d   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c,e   Heldbjerg, Henning ^f,g   Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a,b   Sørensen, Iben H ^f,h   Villers, Alexandre ^c,i   Both, Christiaan ^b  

^a Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^f DOF BirdLife Denmark   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h Danish Hunters Association   (Denmark)

ⁱ INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Annual routine; Bird of prey; Long distance migration; Total annual distance

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RAPTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

DENMARK; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMAL; DENMARK; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DENMARK; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 85021201105     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0073     Document Type: Review

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