Wing wear, aerodynamics and flight energetics in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): An experimental study

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-422

  Hedenstrom A ^a,b   Ellington, C P ^a   Wolf, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Flight cost; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BEE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; WING;

EID: 0034864665     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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