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Flight Adaptation

Flight Adaptation is an evolutionary specialization within anatomical, physiological, or behavioral traits that enables organisms, particularly birds and certain mammals, to achieve and sustain powered flight through enhanced aerodynamic efficiency, skeletal modifications, or muscular performance.

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Ecological morphology and flight in bats (Mammalia; Chiroptera): wing adaptations, flight performance, foraging strategy and echolocation

Ulla Μ. Norberg, J. M. V. Rayner · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1987 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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The Physiology and Energetics of Bat Flight

Steven P. Thomas, Roderick A. Suthers · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1972 · 215 citations

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Structure, form, and function of flight in engineering and the living world

Ulla Μ. Norberg · Journal of Morphology · 2002 · 157 citations

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Contrast Gain Reduction in Fly Motion Adaptation

R. Adron Harris, David C. O’Carroll, Simon B. Laughlin · Neuron · 2000 · 153 citations · Full text

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Flight of Auks (Alcidae) and Other Northern Seabirds Compared with Southern Procellarhformes: Ornithodolite Observations

Journal of Experimental Biology · 1987 · 145 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DK
    Dina K. N. Dechmann

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    4 publications · 250 citations

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  2. MW
    Martin Wikelski

    Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

    4 publications · 187 citations

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  3. HW
    Henri Weimerskirch

    Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, France

    4 publications · 267 citations

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  4. KS
    Kamran Safi

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    3 publications · 189 citations

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  5. DL
    Douglas L. Altshuler

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    3 publications · 176 citations

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Institutions

159

  1. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    721 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    564 citations

  4. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    348 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé

    Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    654 citations

  7. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

    Den Burg, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    600 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    6 publications · 472 citations

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  3. Biology Letters

    4 publications · 234 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 4 publications · 89 citations

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  5. Journal of Avian Biology

    3 publications · 116 citations

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