Flight behaviour of seabirds in relation to wind direction and wing morphology

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-233

  Spear, Larry B ^a   Ainley, David G ^a  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR; SEABIRD; WIND DIRECTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CHARADRIIFORMES; PELECANIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0030621195     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04620.x     Document Type: Article

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