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Raptor migration in an oceanic flyway: wind and geography shape the migratory route of grey-faced buzzards in East Asia

Flapping flight is relatively costly for soaring birds such as raptors. To avoid costly flight, migrating raptors generally avoid flying over water. As a result, all but one of the global raptor migration flyways are largely over land. The East Asian oceanic flyway for raptors is the exception. Rapt...

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Autores principales: Nourani, Elham, Safi, Kamran, Yamaguchi, Noriyuki M., Higuchi, Hiroyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29657765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171555