The roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2015-01-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1258732PMID 25593180
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