Wing-beat characteristics of birds recorded with tracking radar and cine camera

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-291

  Bruderer, Bruno ^a   Peter, Dieter ^a   Boldt, Andreas ^a   Liechti, Felix ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous flapping; Echo signature; Flapping frequency; Flight model; Flight types; Intermittent flapping; Release effect; Target identification

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; DATA SET; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; RADAR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77952538456     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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