Mapping wintering waterfowl distributions using weather surveillance radar.

The current network of weather surveillance radars within the United States readily detects flying birds and has proven to be a useful remote-sensing tool for ornithological study. Radar reflectivity measures serve as an index to bird density and have been used to quantitatively map landbird distrib...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey J Buler, Lori A Randall, Joseph P Fleskes, Wylie C Barrow, Tianna Bogart, Daria Kluver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402430?pdf=render