Glide performance and aerodynamics of non-equilibrium glides in northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus)

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Bahlman, Joseph W ^a   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Riskin, Daniel K ^a   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Flight evolution; Flying squirrel; Glaucomys sabrinus; Glide

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FORESTRY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTANT FORCE; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLIGHT EVOLUTION; FLYING SQUIRREL; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLIDE; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORIES;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLYING; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SCIURIDAE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AERODYNAMICS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCIURIDAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84879178137     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0794     Document Type: Article

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