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'hovering' Flight of Wilson's Storm Petrel
Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) characteristically feeds by ' hovering' over the water surface, but its technique for this is unlike that of other flying vertebrates. The kinematics and aerodynamics of this ' hovering' flight were investigated to determine the possible sources of lift; various nonaerodynamic sources of lift were discounted. It is suggested that the storm petrel soar...
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MARK BOLTON 1,2 *, ANDREA L. SMITH 3 , ELENA GÓMEZ-DÍAZ 4 , VICKI L. FRIESEN 3 , RENATA MEDEIROS 1 , JOËL BRIED 1 , JOSE L. ROSCALES 4 & ROBERT W. FURNESS 5 1 Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal 2 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK Headquarters, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds, SG19 2DL, UK 3 Department of Biology, Queen’s University, K...
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In a previous report (Trivelpiece et al. 1984), we noted decreased survival and reduced growth rate in chicks of oil-dosed adult Leach’s Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa). It was suggested that these effects were related to impaired ability of oil-dosed adults to provide food for their young, possibly due to elevated metabolic demands following contamination. We report here the effects of o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Auk
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1938-4254,0004-8038
DOI: 10.1093/auk/118.1.242