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Fat and formation in flight

Jeremy M. V. Rayner ()
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Jeremy M. V. Rayner: School of Biology, University of Leeds

Nature, 2001, vol. 413, issue 6857, 685-686

Abstract: Predictions of flight performance in birds rely heavily on aerodynamic theory because it is difficult to measure energy consumption in flight. Fresh data leave part of the theory up in the air.

Date: 2001
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