Figure 4 (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Figure 4

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Spatial variation in turbulence as predicted from the fluctuations in pressure recorded onboard pigeons (specifically the interquartile range). Predictions were made for (a) highly turbulent conditions (mean ≥ 3.0 per flight, mean wind speed = 2.9 m s−1, n = 7 flights) and (b) low turbulence (mean ≤ 1.5 per flight, mean wind speed = 1.3 m s−1, n = 5 flights), both in easterly winds, and (c) high turbulence (mean wind speed = 2.7 m s−1, n = 3 flights) and (d) low turbulence (mean wind speed = 1.7 m s−1, n = 12 flights), in northerly or southerly winds.

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Emmanouil Lempidakis, Andrew N. Ross, Michael Quetting, Baptiste Garde, Martin Wikelski and Emily L. C. Shepard

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