Unconventional lift-generating mechanisms in free-flying butterflies

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6916, 2002, Pages 660-664

  Srygley, R B ^a   Thomas, A L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; LANDING; LIFT; MANEUVERABILITY; ROTATION; TAKEOFF; WIND TUNNELS;

LIFT-GENERATING MECHANISMS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY;

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DYNAMICS; FLYING; FORCE; FORELIMB; IMAGING; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STEADY STATE; VANESSA ATALANTA; AIR; ANIMAL; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOKE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VANESSA ATALANTA;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; SMOKE; WING;

EID: 0037069660     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01223     Document Type: Article

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