Pointed wings, low wingloading and calm air reduce migratory flight costs in songbirds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bowlin, Melissa S ^a,b   Wikelski, Martin ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HEART RATE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; WIND; AIR; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; HEXAPODA; TURDIDAE; VINDULA ARSINOE;

AIR; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 47749149227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002154     Document Type: Article

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