Spectrum of animal flight: Insects to pterosaurs

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 393-436

  Templin, R J ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WINGS;

ANIMAL FLIGHT; MOMENTUM THEORY; WINGED ANIMALS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0342955016     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-0421(00)00007-5     Document Type: Review

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