The mechanical power requirements of avian flight

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-448

  Askew, G N ^a   Ellerby, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Energetics; Flight; Pectoralis muscle; Power

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; DATA SET; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; FLYING; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FINCH; PARAKEET; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TAENOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FINCHES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MELOPSITTACUS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 35248862114     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0182     Document Type: Article

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