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Going against the flow: bumblebees prefer to fly upwind and display more variable kinematics when flying downwind

Foraging insects fly over long distances through complex aerial environments, and many can maintain constant ground speeds in wind, allowing them to gauge flight distance. Although insects encounter winds from all directions in the wild, most lab-based studies have employed still air or headwinds (i...

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Autores principales: Combes, Stacey A., Gravish, Nick, Gagliardi, Susan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37070947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245374