Metabolic costs of avian flight in relation to flight velocity: a study in Rose Coloured Starlings (Sturnus roseus, Linnaeus)

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Physiology □ B

• Publication date

  2006-01-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00360-006-0063-1PMID 16425018
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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