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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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Hlavní autoři: Bowlin, Melissa S., Wikelski, Martin
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Public Library of Science 2008
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On-line přístup: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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