The vortex wake of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla L.) measured using high-speed digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3365-3376

  Johansson, L C ^a   Hedenstrom A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Birds; DPIV; Flight; Vortex wake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; RHEOLOGY; TAIL; WING;

AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 70349687731     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034454     Document Type: Article

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