Physical theory, origin of flight, and a synthesis proposed for birds

2003/08/08 by G.P. Zhang, Charles A. Long, Guoping Zhang +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(03)00116-4

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• Bird anatomy [wikipedia]