Into turbulent air: Size-dependent effects of von Kármán vortex streets on hummingbird flight kinematics and energetics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Ortega Jimenez, Victor M ^a   Sapir, Nir ^a   Wolf, Marta ^a   Variano, Evan A ^b   Dudley, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Calypte anna; Flight energetics; Stability; Turbulence; Vortex shedding; Wingbeat kinematics

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; KINEMATICS; METABOLISM; TURBULENCE; VORTEX SHEDDING; WING;

EID: 84896930221     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0180     Document Type: Article

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