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Migratory flights of Arctic geese tracked by satellite

Voli migratori di oche artiche seguite via satellite

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Brent Geese migrating in spring towards Arctic Canada have been tracked by satellite from Iceland to the Davis Strait. Length and direction of the stages were adapted to the geographic features and hospitability of the areas crossed; the ice-cap of Greenland was overflown in its southern part.

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Oche Colombaccio in migrazione primaverile verso le regioni artiche del Canadà sono state seguite via satellite dall’Islanda allo Stretto di Davis. La lunghezza e la direzione delle tappe è risultata adatta alle caratteristiche geografiche e ambientali delle regioni attraversate; la cappa glaciale della Groenlandia è stata attraversata nella sua parte meridionale.

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  1. Department of Ecology, Lund University, Ecology Building, 22362, Lund (Svezia)

    Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson, Thomas Alerstam & Susanne Åkesson

  2. Centro di Studio per la Faunistica ed Ecologia Tropicali del CNR, Via Romana, 17-50125, Firenze

    Silvano Benvenuti

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze del Comportamento Animale e dell’Uomo, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via A. Volta, 6-56126, Pisa

    Floriano Papi

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Nella seduta del 12 dicembre 1992.

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Papi, F., Gudmundsson, G.A., Benvenuti, S. et al. Migratory flights of Arctic geese tracked by satellite. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 4, 153–156 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001426

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