Weather conditions promote route flexibility during open ocean crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-468

  Mellone, Ugo ^a   López López, Pascual ^b   Limiñana, Rubén ^a,c   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argos; Eleonora's falcon; Migration; Satellite tracking; Vorticity; Wind

Indexed keywords

AVES; FALCO ELEONORAE; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 85027945030     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0368-3     Document Type: Article

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