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Bird orientation: compensation for wind drift in migrating raptors is age dependent.

Despite the potentially strong effect of wind on bird orientation, our understanding of how wind drift affects migrating birds is still very limited. Using data from satellite-based radio telemetry, we analysed the effect of changing winds on the variation of the track direction of individual birds....

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Main Authors: Thorup, Kasper, Alerstam, Thomas, Hake, Mikael, Kjellén, Nils
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2003
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1698035/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12952622
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0014
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