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Wave-slope soaring of the brown pelican
BACKGROUND: From the laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, it is common to see the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) traveling along the crests of ocean waves just offshore of the surf-zone. When flying in this manner, the birds can travel long distances without flapping, centimete...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33752747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00247-9 |