Maximal horizontal flight performance of hummingbirds: Effects of body mass and molt

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Chai, Peng ^a   Altshuler, Douglas L ^a   Stephens, Dustin B ^a   Dillon, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOLT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; FLYING; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOLTING;

EID: 0033364574     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316652     Document Type: Article

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