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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01223-x
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:2041-1723

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