Minimum shear wind strength required for dynamic soaring of albatrosses

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Sachs, Gottfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; FLIGHT; SEABIRD; WIND SHEAR;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 13444293511     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00295     Document Type: Review

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