Static landscape features predict uplift locations for soaring birds across Europe

Soaring flight is a remarkable adaptation to reduce movement costs by taking advantage of atmospheric uplifts. The movement pattern of soaring birds is shaped by the spatial and temporal availability and intensity of uplifts, which result from an interaction of local weather conditions with the unde...

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Main Authors: Martina Scacco, Andrea Flack, Olivier Duriez, Martin Wikelski, Kamran Safi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181440