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Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight Costs in Songbirds
Migratory bird, bat and insect species tend to have more pointed wings than non-migrants. Pointed wings and low wingloading, or body mass divided by wing area, are thought to reduce energy consumption during long-distance flight, but these hypotheses have never been directly tested. Furthermore, it...
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Public Library of Science
2008
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| Online Zugang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364644/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18478072 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002154 |
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