The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds

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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Autores principales: 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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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/7bdd75de0d7b486ea09e38d6f0ead311
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