Climb and flight speeds of shorebirds embarking on an intercontinental flight; do they achieve the predicted optimal behaviour?
- 28 June 2008
- Vol. 139 (2) , 299-304
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04628.x
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