Scaling of mechanical power output during burst escape flight in the Corvidae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-461

  Jackson, Brandon E ^a   Dial, Kenneth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Escape; Flight; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PASSERIFORMES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; WING;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 79251492060     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046789     Document Type: Article

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