Asymmetrical force production in the maneuvering flight of pigeons

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 916-928

  Warrick, Douglas R ^a   Dial, Kenneth P ^a   Biewener, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; KINEMATICS;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES;

EID: 0031785507     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089510     Document Type: Article

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