Alexander Gerson with Swainson' Thrush (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alexander Gerson with Swainson' Thrush

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Eco-physiologist Alex Gerson will use two ultra-specialized tools, a field-portable quantitative magnetic resonance imaging machine and a wind tunnel designed to study long-duration flight, to study the metabolism and physiology of birds like this Swainson's thrush in migration.

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UMass Amherst

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