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Fast and fuel efficient? Optimal use of wind by flying albatrosses.

The influence of wind patterns on behaviour and effort of free-ranging male wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) was studied with miniaturized external heart-rate recorders in conjunction with satellite transmitters and activity recorders. Heart rate was used as an instantaneous index of energy...

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Main Authors: Weimerskirch, H, Guionnet, T, Martin, J, Shaffer, S A, Costa, D P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2000
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690761/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11052538
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