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Title
Why Do Kestrels Soar?
Authors
Keywords
Foraging, Bird flight, Flight (biology), Human mobility, Solar radiation, Insect flight, Bioenergetics, Raptors
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages e0145402
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2015-12-22
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0145402
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