Flight dynamics of Cory's shearwater foraging in a coastal environment

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Paiva, Vitor H ^a,d   Guilford, Tim ^b   Meade, Jessica ^b   Geraldes, Pedro ^c   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Sociedade Portuguesa Para O Estudo das Aves   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flight dynamics; GPS loggers; Shear soaring; Tail wind component; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; WIND;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 76449098076     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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