The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01223-x
Abstract: Flying animals of different masses vary widely in body proportions, but the functional implications of this variation are often unclear. We address this ambiguity by developing an integrative allometric approach, which we apply here to… read more here.
Keywords: allometry; extreme wing; wing velocity; allometry hummingbirds ... See more keywords