Soaring and manoeuvring flight of a steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-386

  Gillies, James A ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RAPTOR; VIDEOGRAPHY; WING;

AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AVES;

EID: 80755136547     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05105.x     Document Type: Article

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