Morphometric characterisation of wing feathers of the barn owl Tyto alba pratincola and the pigeon Columba livia

BACKGROUND: Owls are known for their silent flight. Even though there is some information available on the mechanisms that lead to a reduction of noise emission, neither the morphological basis, nor the biological mechanisms of the owl's silent flight are known. Therefore, we have initiated a s...

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Autores principales: Bachmann, Thomas, Klän, Stephan, Baumgartner, Werner, Klaas, Michael, Schröder, Wolfgang, Wagner, Hermann
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2211483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18031576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2211483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18031576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-23

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