Gliding flight in chrysopelea: Turning a snake into a wing

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 969-982

  Socha, John J ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLYING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 82255181349     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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