Morphological and kinematic basis of the hummingbird flight stroke: Scaling of flight muscle transmission ratio

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1986-1992

  Hedrick, Tyson L ^a   Tobalske, Bret W ^b   Ros, Ivo G ^c   Warrick, Douglas R ^d   Biewener, Andrew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Flight; Hummingbirds; Muscle; Scaling; Upstroke

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AERODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; FLIGHT; KINEMATICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859394672     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2238     Document Type: Article

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