First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liechti, Felix ^a   Witvliet, Willem ^a   Weber, Roger ^b   Bächler, Erich ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLIGHT; FLYING; FORAGING; LIFESPAN; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PITCH; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TACHYMARPTIS MELBA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP;

EID: 84885443934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3554     Document Type: Article

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