European birds adjust their flight initiation distance to road speed limits

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Ducatez, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flight initiation distance; Phylogenetic mixed model; Road kill

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; COLLISION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; ROADKILL; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EUROPE; FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE; FLYING; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYLOGENETIC MIXED MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROAD KILL;

FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE; PHYLOGENETIC MIXED MODEL; ROAD KILL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EUROPE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR VEHICLES;

EID: 84939172372     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0417     Document Type: Article

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