Development of flight performance in the brown booby

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Yoda, Ken ^a   Kohno, Hiroyoshi ^b   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Booby; Data logger; Development; Flight

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLEDGING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; SEABIRD;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; FLYING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SULA; SULA LEUCOGASTER; SULIDAE;

EID: 2342625966     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0157     Document Type: Article

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