Flight kinematics of black-billed magpies and pigeons over a wide range of speeds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-280

  Tobalske, Bret W ^a   Dial, Kenneth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black billed magpie; Bound; Columba livia; Flight; Gait; Glide; Kinematics; Pica pica; Pigeon; Speed; Wingbeat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000284829     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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