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Raptor wing morphing with flight speed

In gliding flight, birds morph their wings and tails to control their flight trajectory and speed. Using high-resolution videogrammetry, we reconstructed accurate and detailed three-dimensional geometries of gliding flights for three raptors (barn owl, Tyto alba; tawny owl, Strix aluco, and goshawk,...

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Autores principales: Cheney, Jorn A., Stevenson, Jonathan P. J., Durston, Nicholas E., Maeda, Masateru, Song, Jialei, Megson-Smith, David A., Windsor, Shane P., Usherwood, James R., Bomphrey, Richard J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34255986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0349