High Wing-Loading Correlates with Dive Performance in Birds, Suggesting a Strategy to Reduce Buoyancy.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac117
Abstract: Diving birds are regarded as a classic example of morphological convergence (Darwin 1859). Divers tend to have small wings extending from rotund bodies, requiring many volant species to fly with rapid wingbeats, and rendering others… read more here.
Keywords: high wing; small wings; reduce buoyancy; diving birds ... See more keywords