Flight energetics of the Marbled Murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 644-652

  Elliott, Kyle H ^a   Hewett, Miyako ^a   Kaiser, Gary W ^b   Blake, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

AERODYNAMIC THEORY; FLIGHT ENERGETICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENERGETICS; FLIGHT; VELOCITY;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043177745     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-031     Document Type: Article

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