Extreme endurance migration: What is the limit to non-stop flight?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 77952896366     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000362     Document Type: Article

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