Flight speed of foraging common nighthawks (Chordeiles minor): Does the measurement technique matter?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Brigham, R Mark ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^b   Aldridge, Hugh D J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLIGHT SPEED; FORAGING; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE;

AVES; CHORDEILES; CHORDEILES MINOR; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031748227     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0325:fsofcn]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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