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Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight
Many birds fly non-stop for days or longer, but do they sleep in flight and if so, how? It is commonly assumed that flying birds maintain environmental awareness and aerodynamic control by sleeping with only one eye closed and one cerebral hemisphere at a time. However, sleep has never been demonstr...
Autores principales: | Rattenborg, Niels C, Voirin, Bryson, Cruz, Sebastian M., Tisdale, Ryan, Dell'Omo, Giacomo, Lipp, Hans-Peter, Wikelski, Martin, Vyssotski, Alexei L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27485308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12468 |
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