... angle in response to the extra load, but stroke amplitude and wingbeat frequency remained unchanged. Therefore, birds can maintain and even enhance their flight performance by adjusting flight kinematics and postures after a short-term mass loss. References Acquarone , C. , Cucco , M...

...Guanqun Kou; Yang Wang; Robert Dudley; Yuefeng Wu; Dongming Li ABSTRACT Captivity presumably challenges the physiological equilibrium of birds and thus influences flight ability. However, the extent to which captive birds exhibit altered features underpinning maximum flight performance remains...

... developed faster under warm conditions and were smaller than individuals developing under cool conditions. They also had more slender wings and showed a higher wing surface ratio. These morphological differences were associated with changes in the reproductive and flight performance of adults...

... 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Birds Flight performance Growth conditions Oxidative stress Telomeres Conditions experienced during growth are of crucial importance as they can have a significant influence on the optimisation of life histories (Ricklefs, 1979...

... Limited 2001 2001 Archilochus colubris hovering flight performance hyperoxia ruby-throated hummingbird Flying hummingbirds exhibit the highest mass-specific rates of aerobic metabolism among vertebrates, twice as high as those of exercising mammals (Suarez, 1992 ; Suarez et al., 1991...

... bruceata Manduca sexta cold adaptation muscle contraction power output flight performance body design The ability of large flying insects to attain and regulate high body temperatures has dominated recent research on the thermal physiology of insects (Heinrich, 1993); however, the ‘average...

... of the tobacco hawkmoth. 03 05 1995 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1995 flight speed cage size flight performance Manduca sexta tobacco hawkmoth Insects often depend on flight for feeding, mating, dispersal and migration (Pringle, 1957 ; Johnson, 1969 ; Nachtigall, 1974...

...C. P. Ellington ABSTRACT Flight performance seems to change systematically with body size: small animals can hover and fly over a wide range of speeds, but large birds taxi for takeoff and then fly over a narrow speed range. The traditional explanation for this is that the mass-specific power...