Gliding flight in a jackdaw: A wind tunnel study

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1153-1166

  Rosén, Mikael ^a   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Corvus monedula; Flight; Flight theory; Gliding; Jackdaw; Super polar; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICS; SONGBIRDS; TAIL; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS; CORVUS MONEDULA; PASSERI;

EID: 0035744947     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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