The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds
oleh: Dimitri A. Skandalis, Paolo S. Segre, Joseph W. Bahlman, Derrick J. E. Groom, Kenneth C. Welch Jr., Christopher C. Witt, Jimmy A. McGuire, Robert Dudley, David Lentink, Douglas L. Altshuler
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Hummingbirds are known to defy the predicted scaling relationships between body and wing size. Here, Skandalis et al. develop a ‘force allometry’ framework to show that, regardless of wing size, hummingbird species have the same wing velocity during flight.