Flight speeds among bird species: Allometric and phylogenetic effects

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1656-1662

  Alerstam, Thomas ^a   Rosén, Mikael ^a   Bäckman, Johan ^a   Ericson, Per G P ^b   Hellgren, Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLYING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RADAR;

EID: 34548254879     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050197     Document Type: Article

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