Estimating power curves of flying vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3449-3461

  Rayner, Jeremy M V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bat; Bird; Efficiency; Flight; Gait; Power; Thermography; Vorticity; Wingbeat kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033396958     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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