Aeroecology: Probing and modeling the aerosphere

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Gauthreaux Jr , Sidney A ^b   Hristov, Nickolay I ^a,g   Horn, Jason W ^a   Jones, Gareth ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^d   Larkin, Ronald P ^e   McCracken, Gary F ^f   Swartz, Sharon M ^g   Srygley, Robert B ^h   Dudley, Robert ⁱ   Westbrook, John K ^h   Wikelski, Martin ^j  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTHROPODA; AVES;

EID: 47249126836     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn037     Document Type: Review

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