Winds under the rain forest canopy: The aerodynamic environment of gliding tree frogs

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-102

  McCay, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agalychnis; Biomechanics; Costa Rica; Gliding; La Selva; Spectral analysis; Tree frog; Tropical wet forest; Turbulence; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FROG; GLIDING; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFOREST; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

COSTA RICA;

AGALYCHNIS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEKKONIDAE; HYLIDAE; REPTILIA; SCIURIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0038036793     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00266.x     Document Type: Article

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