Mechanisms and implications of animal flight maneuverability

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-140

  Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036464044     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.1.135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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