- The structural design of the bat wing web and its possible role in gas exchange
2007/10/26 by Andrew N. Makanya, Jacopo P. Mortola · 20 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Anatomy #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Biophysics #Body surface #Chemistry #Connective tissue #Dermis #Endocrinology #Epidermis (zoology) #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Stratum corneum #Thermoregulation #Thermoregulation and physiological responses #Wing
- Fish locomotion: kinematics and hydrodynamics of flexible foil-like fins
2007/07/21 by George Lauder, George V. Lauder, Peter G. Madden +1 · 3 citations
Engineering · #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Anatomy #Biology #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Classical mechanics #Dorsal fin #Dorsum #Drag #Fin #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fish fin #Fish locomotion #Flapping #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Kinematics #Materials science #Mechanics #Particle image velocimetry #Physics #Thrust #Wake #Wing
- Responses of Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) to encounters with ecotourists while commuting to and from their breeding colony
2007/05/24 by Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Bird flight #Charadriiformes #Demography #Ecology #Forage #Wing #Zoology
- Biometrics of Ruffs Philomachus pugnax migrating in spring through southern Belarus with special emphasis on the occurrence of ‘faeders’
2007/01/01 by Natalia Karlionova, Pavel Pinchuk, Włodzimierz Meissner +1 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Plumage #Wing #Range (aeronautics) #Spring (device) #Biology #Geography #Biometric data #Zoology #Biometrics
- Microprobe microsystem platform inserted during early metamorphosis to actuate insect flight muscle
2007/01/01 by Alper Bozkurt, Ayesa Paul, Siva Pulla +5 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Neuroscience · #Aerospace engineering #Anatomy #Biology #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Computer science #Ecology #Engineering #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect flight #Larva #Materials science #Metamorphosis #Microsystem #Nanotechnology #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Pupa #Wing
- THE ROLE OF BODY SIZE IN HOST SPECIFICITY: RECIPROCAL TRANSFER EXPERIMENTS WITH FEATHER LICE
2006/10/01 by Sarah E. Bush, Dale H. Clayton · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Demography #Ecology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Feather #Host (biology) #Louse #Mallophaga #Population #Wing #Zoology
- What Use Is Half a Wing in the Ecology and Evolution of Birds?
2006/01/01 by KENNETH P. DIAL, Kenneth P. Dial, ROSS J. RANDALL +2 · 19 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aerospace engineering #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Bird flight #Ecology #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Flapping #Juvenile #Ontogeny #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Wing #Zoology
- Hybridization, developmental stability, and functionality of morphological traits in the ground beetle Carabus solieri (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
2006/01/01 by Stéphane Garnier, Nelly Gidaszewski, Maryline Charlot +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Mathematics · #Biology #Botanical Studies and Applications #Botany #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Fluctuating asymmetry #Ground beetle #Habitat #Hybrid #Insect #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Trait #Wing #Zoology
- FemaleBicyclus anynanabutterflies choose males on the basis of their dorsal UV-reflective eyespot pupils
2005/07/06 by Kendra A. Robertson, Antónia Monteiro · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant and animal studies #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Eyespot #Biology #Wing #Sexual selection #Mate choice #Trait #Dorsum #Butterfly #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Natural selection #Sexual dimorphism #Zoology #Ecology #Anatomy
- Wing Morphology and Flight Behavior of Some North American Hummingbird Species
2005/07/01 by F. Gary Stiles, Douglas L. Altshuler, Robert Dudley · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Aerodynamics #Angle of attack #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Ecology #Foraging #Hummingbird #Morphology (biology) #Seasonal breeder #Sexual dimorphism #Territoriality #Wing #Wing loading #Zoology
- Aerodynamics of the hovering hummingbird
2005/06/01 by Douglas R. Warrick, Bret W. Tobalske, Donald R. Powers · 4 citations
Engineering · #Aerodynamics #Aerospace engineering #Asymmetry #Biology #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Classical mechanics #Ecology #Engineering #Flapping #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis #Geology #Hummingbird #Kinematics #Mechanics #Meteorology #Particle image velocimetry #Physics #Reynolds number #Turbulence #Vortex #Wake #Wing
- The origin and early evolution of birds: discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence
2004/09/07 by Zhonghe Zhou · 32 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Arboreal locomotion #Beak #Biology #Bird flight #Cretaceous #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Feather #Flight feather #Habitat #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Mesozoic #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Taxon #Wing #Zoology
- Scripting a Tragedy: The "Isaac and Ishmael" Episode of The West Wing as Parable
2004/02/01 by Robert Jones, George N. Dionisopoulos · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Rhetoric and Communication Studies #Narrative Theory and Analysis #Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis #Tragedy (event) #Scripting language #Wing #Right wing #Art #Media studies #Computer science #Sociology #Literature #Law #Political science #Physics #Politics #Programming language
- Organized modes and the three-dimensional transition to turbulence in the incompressible flow around a NACA0012 wing
2003/12/01 by Y. HOARAU, Yannick Hoarau, Marianna Braza +7 · 3 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Aerodynamics #Bifurcation #Classical mechanics #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis #Instability #Leading edge #Mechanics #Nonlinear system #Physics #Reynolds number #Swept wing #Thermodynamics #Transition point #Turbulence #Wake #Wind and Air Flow Studies #Wing
- Loss and recovery of wings in stick insects
2003/01/01 by Michael F. Whiting, Sven Bradler, Taylor J. Maxwell +1 · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adaptation (eye) #Biological evolution #Biology #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Fossil Insects in Amber #Gene #Genetics #Insect #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Lineage (genetic) #Parallel evolution #Phylogenetics #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Wing #Zoology
- AERODYNAMICS OFSMALLVEHICLES
2002/12/18 by Thomas J. Mueller, Thomas Mueller, James D. DeLaurier +1 · 7 citations
Engineering · #Aerodynamics #Aeroelasticity #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Aerospace engineering #Airfoil #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Boundary layer #Computer science #Engineering #Flapping #Flow (mathematics) #Flow separation #Laminar flow #Mechanics #Physics #Propulsion #Propulsive efficiency #Reynolds number #Separation (statistics) #Turbulence #Vortex #Wake #Wind Energy Research and Development #Wing
- Supersonic/Hypersonic Flutter and Postflutter of Geometrically Imperfect Circular Cylindrical Panels
2002/09/01 by Liviu Librescu, Piergiovanni Marzocca, Pier Marzocca +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · #Aerodynamics #Aeroelasticity #Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control #Aerospace engineering #Angle of attack #Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems #Engineering #Flutter #Hypersonic flight #Hypersonic speed #Imperfect #Materials science #Mechanics #Physics #Structural engineering #Supersonic speed #Vibration and Dynamic Analysis #Wing
- The ecological and evolutionary interface of hummingbird flight physiology
2002/08/15 by Douglas L. Altshuler, Robert Dudley · 4 citations
Engineering · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Hummingbird #Foraging #Bird flight #Wing #Interspecific competition #Ecology #Biology #Range (aeronautics) #Nectar #Terrestrial locomotion #Torpor #Zoology #Thermoregulation #Aerospace engineering
- Mechanisms and Implications of Animal Flight Maneuverability
2002/02/01 by R. Dudley, Robert Dudley · 37 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Aerodynamic force #Aerodynamics #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Classical mechanics #Context (archaeology) #Fictitious force #Geometry #Inertia #Inertial frame of reference #Insect flight #Kinematics #Mathematics #Mechanics #Moment of inertia #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Rotation (mathematics) #Wing
- Rapid evolution of wing size clines in Drosophila subobscura
2001/11/01 by George W. Gilchrist, Raymond B. Huey, Lluís Serra +1 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Cline (biology) #Demography #Divergence (linguistics) #Ecology #Ectotherm #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Geography #Latitude #Natural selection #Parallel evolution #Phylogenetics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Plant and animal studies #Population #Wing
- Upstroke Thrust, Drag Effects, and Stroke-glide Cycles in Wing-propelled Swimming by Birds
2001/04/01 by James R. Lovvorn · 1 citation
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Fuselage #Thrust #Descent (aeronautics) #Drag #Propulsion #Wing #Mechanics #Stroke (engine) #Physics #Aerospace engineering #Meteorology #Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics of Biological Surfaces and their Technological Application
2000/04/18 by D. W. Bechert, M. Bruse, W. Hage +1 · 29 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · #Aerospace engineering #Airfoil #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Boundary layer #Computer science #Engineering #Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer #Laminar flow #Lift (data mining) #Materials science #Mechanical engineering #Mechanics #Physics #Shear stress #Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity #Wing
- Wing Ecomorphology of Seabirds from Johnston Atoll
1999/08/01 by Fritz Hertel, Lisa T. Ballance · 10 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Angle of attack #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Ecology #Ecomorphology #Foraging #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Kelp #Livestock and Poultry Management #Predation #Puffinus #Seabird #Shearwater #Wing #Wing loading #Zoology
- Gliding Flight: Speed and Acceleration of Ideal Falcons During Diving and Pull Out
1998/02/01 by Vance A. Tucker · 3 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Mathematics · #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Avian ecology and behavior #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Range (aeronautics) #Wing loading #Acceleration #Altitude (triangle) #Wing #Aerodynamics #Environmental science #Geodesy #Meteorology #Atmospheric sciences #Physics #Mathematics #Mechanics #Aerospace engineering #Geology #Engineering #Geometry #Angle of attack #Classical mechanics
- Flight strategies of migrating raptors; a comparative study of interspecific variation in flight characteristics
1997/07/01 by Reto Spaar · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Avian ecology and behavior #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Accipitridae #Eagle #Interspecific competition #Climbing #Bird flight #Biology #Zoology #Ecology #Geography #Predation #Physics #Wing
- VISUAL ACUITY IN INSECTS
1997/01/01 by Michael F. Land · 4 citations
Neuroscience · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Plant and animal studies #Biology #Predation #Wing #Compound eye #Optics #Ecology #Physics
- Variations in Fledging Body Weight and Wing Length of Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans in Two Different Habitats
1997/01/01 by Hee-Young Chae · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Fire effects on ecosystems #Climate variability and models #Fledge #Sparrow #Hatching #Passer #Habitat #Wing #Biology #Body weight #Ecology #Zoology
- Allometry of Litter Mass in Bats: Maternal Size, Wing Morphology, and Phylogeny
1996/05/17 by Virginia Hayssen, Thomas Kunz · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Engineering · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Avian ecology and behavior #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Allometry #Litter #Wing #Biology #Wing loading #Ecology #Plant litter #Zoology #Aerodynamics #Ecosystem #Physics
- Right‐wing extremism analyzed
1995/02/01 by Cas Mudde · 5 citations
Social Sciences · #Communism, Protests, Social Movements #Extreme right #German #German legal, social, and political studies #Ideology #Law #Linguistics #Philosophy #Political science #Politics #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Right wing #Sociology #Wing
- Horn and Wing Allometry and Male Dimorphism in Giant Rhinoceros Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Tropical Asia and America
1995/01/01 by Kazuo Kawano · 18 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Allometry #Anatomy #Biology #Ecology #Forest Insect Ecology and Management #French horn #Intraspecific competition #Plant and soil sciences #Rhinoceros #Scarabaeidae #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography #Sexual dimorphism #Wing #Zoology
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