Journal article
Young frigatebirds learn how to compensate for wind-drift
- Abstract:
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Compensating for wind drift can improve goalward flight efficiency in animal taxa, especially amongst those that rely on thermal soaring to travel large distances. Little is known, however, about how animals acquire this ability. The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) exemplifies the challenges of wind drift compensation because it lives a highly pelagic lifestyle, travelling very long distances over the open ocean but without the ability to land on water. Using GPS tracks from fledgling friga...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Royal Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Journal website
- Volume:
- 287
- Issue:
- 1937
- Article number:
- 20201970
- Publication date:
- 2020-10-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-09-28
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-2954
- ISSN:
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0962-8452
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1135511
- Local pid:
- pubs:1135511
- Deposit date:
- 2020-09-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Wynn et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from the Royal Society at: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1970
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