Aerodynamic flight performance in flap-gliding birds and bats

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 306, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-128

  Muijres, Florian T ^a   Henningsson, Per ^a,c   Stuiver, Melanie ^a,b   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal flight; Common swift; Lesser long nosed bat; Undulating flight economy; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BAT; BIRD; FLIGHT; MODELING; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APUS APUS; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLAP GLIDING FLIGHT; FLIGHT; FLYING; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

ANIMALIA; APUS APUS; AVES; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE;

EID: 84861140774     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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