Migrating ducks in inland North America ignore major rivers as leading lines

Ibis

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 154-161

  O'Neal, Benjamin J ^a,b,c   Stafford, Joshua D ^a   Larkin, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Faculty of Social and Political Sciences   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Navigation; Radar; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 85027934376     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12193     Document Type: Article

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