Aeromechanics in aeroecology: Flight biology in the aerosphere (Integrative and Comparative Biology ) 48:1 (85-98) DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn054);Aeromechanics in aeroecology: Flight biology in the aerosphere

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^b   Willis, David J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 47249157714     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn083     Document Type: Erratum

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