The relationship between wingbeat kinematics and vortex wake of a thrush nightingale

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4255-4268

  Rosen M ^a,b   Speeding, G R ^b   Hedenstrom A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bird; Bird flight; DPVI; Luscinia luscinia; Thrush nightingale; Vortex wake; Wind tunnel; Wingbeat kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; WIND; WING;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA;

EID: 11944273391     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01283     Document Type: Article

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