Structure, form, and function of flight in engineering and the living world

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-81

  Lindhe Norberg, Ulla M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Box 463 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Bats; Biomechanics; Bird tail; Birds; Flight; Insects, kinematics; Lift enhancing devises; Micro air vehicles; Vorticity; Wing form; Wing loading; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEATHER; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; WING;

EID: 0036018078     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10013     Document Type: Article

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