The aerodynamics of hovering flight in Drosophila

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2303-2318

  Fry, Steven N ^a   Sayaman, Rosalyn ^b   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Behavior; Biomechanics; Drosophila melanogaster; Flight; Fruit fly; Power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TRIXIS;

EID: 21444454073     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01612     Document Type: Article

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