Twilight ascents by common swifts, Apus apus, at dawn and dusk: acquisition of orientation cues?
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a Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Computational Geo-Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands Department of Biology, Centre for Animal Movement Research, Lund, Sweden Military Aviation Authority, The Hague, The Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force, Breda, The Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Animal Behaviour
دوره 85 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013