Interpretation of body-mounted accelerometry in flying animals and estimation of biomechanical power

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 87, 2013, Pages

  Spivey, R J ^a   Bishop, C M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanical power; Birds and bats; Flapping flight; Kinematic modelling; Overall dynamic body acceleration; Root mean square acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FREE FLIGHT;

BIOMECHANICAL POWER; BODY ACCELERATION; FLAPPING FLIGHT; KINEMATIC MODELLING; ROOT MEAN SQUARES;

GRAVITATION;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; AIR; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY MOVEMENT; ENERGY; FLIGHT; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; POWER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICAL POWER; BIRDS AND BATS; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLYING; KINEMATIC MODELLING; METHODOLOGY; OVERALL DYNAMIC BODY ACCELERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ACCELERATION; VIDEORECORDING; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

BIOMECHANICAL POWER; BIRDS AND BATS; FLAPPING FLIGHT; KINEMATIC MODELLING; OVERALL DYNAMIC BODY ACCELERATION; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ACCELERATION;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84883243468     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0404     Document Type: Article

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