Optimal descent angles for shallow-diving cormorants

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 561-573

  Ribak, G ^a,b   Strod, T ^a   Weihs, D ^a   Arad, Z ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIRDS; BUOYANCY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OXYGEN; WATER;

AQUATIC LIFE; CORMORANTS; DIVING BIRDS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BENTHOS; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMECHANICS; BUOYANCY; DEPTH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; OXYGEN; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX;

EID: 34547212968     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-031     Document Type: Article

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