Actual and 'optimum' flight speeds: Field data reassessed

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2355-2361

  Pennycuick, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Flight; Measured optimum; Speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030749090     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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