Scaling migration speed in animals that run, swim and fly

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body mass; Cope's rule; Locomotion; Migration speed

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; COPE RULE; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; ELAGATIS;

EID: 0037329991     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003096     Document Type: Article

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