Annual 10-Month Aerial Life Phase in the Common Swift Apus apus.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2016-11-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.014PMID 28094028
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