The avian tail reduces body parasite drag by controlling flow separation and vortex shedding

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1474, 2001, Pages 1405-1410

  Maybury, W J ^a   Rayner, J M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bird; Drag; Flight; Starling; Tail

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AERODYNAMICS; BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; TAIL FEATHER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIL;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0034936877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1635     Document Type: Article

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