The mechanics of flight in the hawkmoth manduca sexta II. Aerodynamic consequences of kinematic and morphological variation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2723-2745

  Willmott, Alexander P ^a,b   Ellington, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Hawkmoth; Lift coefficient; Manduca sexta; Morphology; Power requirements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA;

EID: 0031281410     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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