Frigatebirds ride high on thermals

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6921, 2003, Pages 333-334

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^a   Tostain, Olivier ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Association Arataï   (France)

^c DIREN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLIGHT;

AIR; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIRD; FLYING; FORELIMB; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS; VELOCITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; SEA; TIME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FREGATIDAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIR MOVEMENTS; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WING;

EID: 0037461856     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/421333a     Document Type: Article

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