Poor flight performance in deep-diving cormorants

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-421

  Watanabe, Yuuki Y ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^a   Sato, Katsufumi ^b   Viviant, Morgane ^c   Bost, Charles André ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Blue eyed shag; Data logger; Flight speed; GPS tracking; Power curve

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESPIRATION; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; WATER; WING;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX VERRUCOSUS;

EID: 79251488809     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050161     Document Type: Article

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