Analyzing the effect of wind on flight: Pitfalls and solutions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-90

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Van Loon, Emiel ^a   Liechti, Felix ^b   Bouten, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compensation; Flight; Model; Spurious correlation; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; FLYING; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WIND;

AVES;

EID: 33846495041     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02612     Document Type: Article

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