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Gliding Adaptations

Gliding Adaptations is a locomotor adaptation characterized by controlled aerial descent through the use of specialized morphological structures that generate lift and reduce descent velocity, distinguishing it from other locomotor strategies by enabling directed, unpowered flight between elevated substrates.

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2017–2026

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Active tails enhance arboreal acrobatics in geckos

Ardian Jusufi, Daniel I. Goldman, Shai Revzen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 250 citations · Full text

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Body Proportions and Gliding Adaptations of Flying Squirrels (Petauristinae)

Richard W. Thorington, Lawrence R. Heaney · Journal of Mammalogy · 1981 · 139 citations

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The Cost of Living Large: Comparative Gliding Performance in Flying Lizards (Agamidae:<i>Draco</i>)

Jimmy A. McGuire, Robert Dudley · The American Naturalist · 2005 · 114 citations

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Soaring flight of monarch butterflies, <i>Danaus plexippus</i> (Lepidoptera: Danaidae), during the late summer migration in southern Ontario

David L. Gibo, M. J. Pallett · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1979 · 112 citations

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Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake

John J. Socha · Nature · 2002 · 94 citations

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Authors

151

  1. RD
    Robert Dudley

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 346 citations

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  2. RL
    Ross L. Goldingay

    Southern Cross University, Australia

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. Full

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 342 citations

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  4. JA
    Jimmy A. McGuire

    Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, United States

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  5. JJ
    John J. Socha

    Virginia Tech, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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Institutions

102

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    552 citations

  3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    271 citations

  4. Southern Cross University

    Lismore, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  5. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    175 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    319 citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    52 citations

  8. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    5 publications · 321 citations

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  2. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 4 publications · 355 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 353 citations

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  5. Australian Mammalogy

    1 publications · 24 citations

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