Recent experimental data on the energy costs of avian flight do not call for a revision of optimal migration theory

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 352-354

  Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84861414413     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.129.2.352     Document Type: Letter

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