Energetic influence on gull flight strategy selection

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3489-3498

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Van Loon, Emiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flapping flight; Foraging theory; Larus fuscus; Larus ridibundus; Soaring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADAR;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 33750202846     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02385     Document Type: Article

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