Session 98

Flight II: Birds and Insects

Day: Saturday, Jan. 7, 10:00 AM-Noon
Room: Ballroom C2

Organizer(s): Stacey Combes

Session Author(s) Title

98		 PROVINI, Pauline*; ABOURACHID, Anick Relative role of hindlimbs and forelimbs during take-off and landing in different species of birds

98		 BAIER, D.B.*; GATESY, S.M.; DIAL, K.P.; JENKINS, F.A. Jr. A new look at the avian wishbone

98		 USHERWOOD, JR Free-flight dynamics of peregrine and pigeon – predator and prey.

98		 COMBES, S.A.*; RUNDLE, D.E.; IWASAKI, J.M. Dragonfly versus fruit fly: Biomechanics, behavior and strategy during aerial predator-prey encounters

98		 MOUNTCASTLE, AM*; COMBES, SA Resilin and the morphological basis of flexible wing dynamics in flying insects

98		 ZENG, Yu*; DUDLEY, Robert Wing Reduction and Flight Biomechanic in Stick Insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea)
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