Ecology of tern flight in relation to wind, topography and aerodynamic theory
Flight is an economical mode of locomotion, because it is both fast and relatively cheap per unit of distance, enabling birds to migrate long distances and obtain food over large areas. The power required to fly follows a U-shaped function in relation to airspeed, from which context dependent ‘optim...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992720/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27528786 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0396 |