Wingtip shape and flight performance in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Swaddle, John P ^a   Lockwood, Rowan ^b  

^a Inst Integrative Bird Behaviour S   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0041766276     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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