Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators.

Since 1899 ringing (or banding) remained the most important source of information about migration routes, stopover sites and wintering grounds for birds that are too small to carry satellite-based tracking systems. Despite the large quantity of migrating birds ringed in their breeding areas in Europ...

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Main Authors: Erich Bächler, Steffen Hahn, Michael Schaub, Raphaël Arlettaz, Lukas Jenni, James W Fox, Vsevolod Afanasyev, Felix Liechti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832685?pdf=render