Adaptive variation of airspeed in relation to wind, altitude and climb rate by migrating birds in the Arctic

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 308-317

  Hedenström, Anders ^a   Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Green, Martin ^a   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Airspeed; Airspeed adjustment; Bird flight; Bird migration

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIRD; FLIGHT; MIGRATION; VELOCITY; WIND;

ARCTIC;

AVES;

EID: 0036765042     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0504-0     Document Type: Article

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