It was thought that the aerodynamics of flapping flight in birds is fully understood for quite
some time, but recent studies have shown that this is not the case. Bird flight uses …

This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics,
structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats and insects, as well as of micro …

Body-mounted accelerometers provide a new prospect for estimating power use in flying
birds, as the signal varies with the two major kinematic determinants of aerodynamic power …

Here, we reviewed published aerodynamic efficiencies of gliding birds and similar sized
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) motivated by a fundamental question: are gliding birds …

Classic models of fish schools and flying formations of birds are built on the hypothesis that
the preferred locations of an individual are determined by the flow left by its upstream …

This study presents wing‐beat frequency data measured mainly by radar, complemented by
video and cinematic recordings, for 153 western Palaearctic and two African species. Data …

We investigated the detailed kinematics and wake structure of lesser dog-faced fruit bats
(Cynopterus brachyotis) flying in a wind tunnel. High speed recordings of the kinematics …

Aeroecology is a discipline that embraces and integrates the domains of atmospheric
science, ecology, earth science, geography, computer science, computational biology, and …

The Sahara Desert is one of the largest land-based barriers on the Earth, crossed twice
each year by billions of birds on migration. Here we investigate how common swifts …

Birds and bats have evolved powered flight independently, which makes a comparison of
evolutionary'design'solutions potentially interesting. In this paper we highlight similarities …