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Wind prevents cliff-breeding birds from accessing nests through loss of flight control

For fast-flying birds, the ability to respond to wind during landing is critical, as errors can lead to injury or even death. Nonetheless, landing ability, and its ecological significance, remain unstudied. We show that for auks, 60% of attempts to land at their cliff nests fail in a strong breeze (...

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Autores principales: Shepard, Emily, Cole, Emma-Louise, Neate, Andrew, Lempidakis, Emmanouil, Ross, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31188128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.43842