The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds

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.

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Auteurs principaux: 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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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/7bdd75de0d7b486ea09e38d6f0ead311
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