Quantifying flow-assistance and implications for movement research

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 308, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-67

  Kemp, Michael U ^a   Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   van Loon, E Emiel ^a   McLaren, James D ^a   Dokter, Adriaan M ^a   Bouten, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeroecology; Current; Flight; Swim; Wind profit

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPLEXITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRAJECTORY; WIND;

ADAPTATION; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AXIAL FLOW; EMPIRICISM; FLOW; FLOW ASSISTANCE; LATERAL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RESEARCH; RHEOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862243883     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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