Meeting Abstract 59.2 Saturday, Jan. 5 Unsteady aerodynamics of a flapping bird model HUBEL, Tatjana*; TROPEA, Cameron; Darmstadt University of Technology; Darmstadt University of Technology tatjana_hubel@brown.edu This study investigates unsteady effects within the characteristic range of bird and large insect flight (Re 104 to 105). The influence of flapping frequency, angle of attack and amplitude was analyzed […]
year: 2008
The effect of loading on flight kinematics of bats a case of kinematic plasticity
Meeting Abstract 59.5 Saturday, Jan. 5 The effect of loading on flight kinematics of bats: a case of kinematic plasticity IRIARTE, J.**; RISKIN, D.K.; SWARTZ, S.M.; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University jose_iriarte@brown.edu All bats experience daily and seasonal fluctuation in body mass. Presumably, an increase in mass requires changes in flight kinematics to produce the extra […]
Proper orthogonal decomposition of bat flight kinematics
Meeting Abstract 59.6 Saturday, Jan. 5 Proper orthogonal decomposition of bat flight kinematics RISKIN, D. K.*; WILLIS, D. J.; HEDRICK, T. L.; IRIARTE-DIAZ, J.; LAIDLAW, D. J.; BREUER, K. S.; SWARTZ, S. M.; Brown University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of North Carolina; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University; Brown University dkr8@brown.edu It is not known how […]
Perturbation compensation in hovering flight
Meeting Abstract 59.4 Saturday, Jan. 5 Perturbation compensation in hovering flight HEDRICK, TL; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill thedrick@bio.unc.edu Biological locomotor systems are often lauded for their robustness, or their ability to reject perturbations to their trajectory or orientation. However, the underlying properties of organisms that enable robustness are not well understood but likely involve […]
Effects of experimental wing wear on standard and maximal flight performance in the European honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Meeting Abstract 59.3 Saturday, Jan. 5 Effects of experimental wing wear on standard and maximal flight performance in the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) VANCE, Jason T.*; ROBERTS, Stephen P.; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas jason.vance@unlv.edu The wings of bees and other insects degrade over time, which affects foraging behavior and increases […]
Variability in the use of torpor by two species of pocket mice (Perognathus) in northern Colorado
Meeting Abstract 58.3 Saturday, Jan. 5 Variability in the use of torpor by two species of pocket mice (Perognathus) in northern Colorado BANTA, M.R.*; DYE, J.L.; Univ. Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; Univ. Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO marilyn.banta@unco.edu Hibernation is a common strategy mammals use to conserve energy during cold periods, but it is not a viable strategy […]
Nutritional quality of bamboo for single-source foragers disturbance and temporal effects
Meeting Abstract 58.5 Saturday, Jan. 5 Nutritional quality of bamboo for single-source foragers: disturbance and temporal effects. PARSONS, J.L.*; BALDWIN, B.S.; OUELLETTE, J.R.; RUDE, B.J.; Mississippi State Univ.; Mississippi State Univ.; Mississippi State Univ.; Mississippi State Univ. jlp418@msstate.edu Clonal plants such as bamboo show temporal oscillations in aboveground resources, as reserves flux among leaf, stalk, and belowground […]
Lazy Squid Scaling of anaerobic metabolism and feeding ecology in Dosidicus gigas
Meeting Abstract 58.1 Saturday, Jan. 5 Lazy Squid: Scaling of anaerobic metabolism and feeding ecology in Dosidicus gigas TRUEBLOOD, LA*; SEIBEL, BA; University of Rhode Island; University of Rhode Island truell@mail.uri.edu Mass-specific rates of aerobic metabolism (B) typically decline with increasing body mass (M) according to B= b0Mb, where b0 is a normalization constant independent of mass […]
Hibernation and daily torpor in an armadillo, the pichi (Zaedyus pichiy)
Meeting Abstract 58.4 Saturday, Jan. 5 Hibernation and daily torpor in an armadillo, the pichi (Zaedyus pichiy) SUPERINA, M.; BOILY, P.*; University of New Orleans; Western Connecticut Sate University boilyp@wcsu.edu Hibernation and daily torpor are physiological strategies to cope with energetic challenges that occur in many mammalian and avian taxa, but no reliable information currently exists about […]
Changes in resting metabolic rate of free-living arctic ground squirrels across the active season
Meeting Abstract 58.2 Saturday, Jan. 5 Changes in resting metabolic rate of free-living arctic ground squirrels across the active season. FRIDINGER, R.W.*; TOIEN, O.; BARNES, B.M.; BUCK, C.L.; Univ. of Alaska Anchorage; Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks; Univ. of Alaska Anchorage asrwf5@uaa.alaska.edu Arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parryii) exhibit an endogenously timed circannual rhythm of […]
