Variation in the mechanical properties of flight feathers of the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla in relation to migration

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-347

  De la Hera, Iván ^a,c   Hedenström, Anders ^b   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a   Tellería, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; TAIL FEATHER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WING;

AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 77954156243     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04835.x     Document Type: Article

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