Burst muscle performance predicts the speed, acceleration, and turning performance of Anna’s hummingbirds

Despite recent advances in the study of animal flight, the biomechanical determinants of maneuverability are poorly understood. It is thought that maneuverability may be influenced by intrinsic body mass and wing morphology, and by physiological muscle capacity, but this hypothesis has not yet been...

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Main Authors: Paolo S Segre, Roslyn Dakin, Victor B Zordan, Michael H Dickinson, Andrew D Straw, Douglas L Altshuler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/11159