The aerodynamic and mechanical effects of elongated tails in the scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird: measuring the cost of a handicap
- 29 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Animal Behaviour
- Vol. 43 (2) , 337-347
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80229-5
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