Dragonfly flight. II. Velocities, accelerations and kinematics of flapping flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-582

  Wakeling, J M ^a,b   Ellington, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Calopteryx splendens; Damselfly; Dragonfly; Kinematics; Sympetrum sanguineum; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030813798     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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