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SUBMITTER: Shamoun-Baranes J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992719 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shamoun-Baranes Judy J Bouten Willem W van Loon E Emiel EE Meijer Christiaan C Camphuysen C J CJ
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20160901 1704
The aerial environment is heterogeneous in space and time and directly influences the costs of animal flight. Volant animals can reduce these costs by using different flight modes, each with their own benefits and constraints. However, the extent to which animals alter their flight modes in response to environmental conditions has rarely been studied in the wild. To provide insight into how a flight generalist can reduce the energetic cost of movement, we studied flight behaviour in relation to ...[more]