Effects of flight speed upon muscle activity in hummingbirds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2515-2523

  Tobalske, Bret W ^a   Biewener, Andrew A ^b   Warrick, Douglas R ^c   Hedrick, Tyson L ^d   Powers, Donald R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Flight; Rufous hummingbird; Selasphorus rufus; Sonomicrometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PERIODICITY; WING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

AVES; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954046890     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043844     Document Type: Article

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