title: Flight performance: Frigatebirds ride high on thermals.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UPR 1934 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France. henriw@cebc.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weimerskirch
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chastel
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbraud
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tostain
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000392:Air Movements; D000531:Altitude; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D013997:Time Factors; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology