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Take-off mechanics in hummingbirds (Trochilidae) [PDF]
, 2004 Initiating flight is challenging, and considerable effort has focused on understanding the energetics and aerodynamics of take-off for both machines and animals.
Altshuler, Douglas L. +2 more
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Hummingbird–Plant Interactions Are More Specialized in Forest Compared to Coffee Plantations
Diversity, 2020 Deforestation transforms habitats, displacing vertebrates and the other dimensions of biodiversity they support through their interactions. Few empirical studies have quantified the effect deforestation has on vertebrate–pollinator interaction networks ...
Beth M. L. Morrison, Chase D. Mendenhall
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Accelerational Implications of Hummingbird Display Dives [PDF]
, 1995 Integrative ...
Dudley, Robert, Larimer, James L.
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Hovering hummingbird wing aerodynamics during the annual cycle. II. Implications of wing feather moult [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Birds usually moult their feathers in a particular sequence which may incur aerodynamic, physiological and behavioural implications. Among birds, hummingbirds are unique species in their sustained hovering flight.
Yonathan Achache +2 more
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Can scalable design of wings for flapping wing micro air vehicle be inspired by natural flyers? [PDF]
, 2018 Lift production is constantly a great challenge for flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAVs). Designing a workable wing, therefore, plays an essential role. Dimensional analysis is an effective and valuable tool in studying the biomechanics of flyers.
Chen, Yi +4 more
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A perception-action strategy for hummingbirds [PDF]
, 2010 Many human and animal tasks are thought to be controlled with the tau informational variable. It is widely accepted that controlling the rate of change of tau during decelerative tasks, such as when braking or landing, is one common perceptual control ...
Delafield-Butt, Jonathan +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Disentangling the factors underlying the diversification of geographically variable species with a wide geographical range is essential to understanding the initial stages and drivers of the speciation process. The Amazilia Hummingbird, Amazilis amazilia,
Sarah A. Cowles +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Many fire‐prone forests are experiencing wildfires that burn outside the historical range of variation in extent and severity. These fires impact pollinators and the ecosystem services they provide, but how the effects of fire are mediated by burn ...
Gina L. Tarbill +2 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 The global climatic change could cause, in some places, appearance of meteorological phenomena considered rare. If we understand the effect of these phenomena on birds we can understand how birds respond to weather changes. We report here the effect of a
Román Díaz-Valenzuela +1 more
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