... can still land precisely on artificial flowers, allowing them to be efficacious and robust pollinators in these adverse environmental conditions. Bombus terrestris Biomechanics Control theory Insect flight Maneuverability Sensorimotor control Nederlandse Organisatie voor...

... Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 IOS-1453106 College Haverford Locomotion Biomechanics Tumbling Maneuverability Invertebrate Antipredator behavior Summary: High-speed video shows that juvenile spotted lanternflies are adept at landing...

... Maneuverability National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 1711980 University of California, Davis http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007707 Flying animals frequently interact with cluttered vegetation in their habitats. Many birds, for instance, nest and perch...

...Abigail M. Downs; Allison Kolpas; Barbara A. Block; Frank E. Fish ABSTRACT Tuna are known for exceptional swimming speeds, which are possible because of their thunniform lift-based propulsion, large muscle mass and rigid fusiform body. A rigid body should restrict maneuverability with regard...

... of maneuvers in squid, with jet properties and performance metrics differing according to turn orientation. Lolliguncula brevis Turning Maneuverability Velocimetry Kinematics Hydrodynamics National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 IOS 1557669 1557698 1557838...

... and an elongated anal fin contribute to turning maneuvers. Fish locomotion Swimming control Maneuverability Ribbon fin Kennesaw State University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009792 Turning maneuvers are commonly used by fishes during prey capture, predator avoidance, mating...

... Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they have developed several unique locomotor strategies that require high energetic input, high mechanical power output and a surprising degree of agility. To better...

...R. Dakin; P. S. Segre; D. L. Altshuler ABSTRACT An animal's maneuverability will determine the outcome of many of its most important interactions. A common approach to studying maneuverability is to force the animal to perform a specific maneuver or to try to elicit maximal performance. Recently...

... that the ability of forest-dwelling bats to fly through vegetatively cluttered habitats is best predicted by wing loading and body mass. Item response theory Maneuverability Flight Rasch analysis Resource partitioning Wing morphology In insectivorous bat assemblages, partitioning of food...

... vision, and induce turns using their wings, tail, body and feet. Gavia immer Paddling Diving birds Kinematics Biomechanics Maneuverability Bird Loons excel at swimming, paddling their feet to dive underwater for more than 70 m ( Schorger, 1947 ). They survive by capturing fish...

... resultant force directed toward the prey and a large turning moment. Furthermore, the turning speed is enhanced by rapid midair leg adductions, which effectively reduce the spider's moment of inertia during angular acceleration. Our results demonstrate a novel hunting behavior with high maneuverability...

... attacks by the brief squid Lolliguncula brevis on both shrimp and fish. Squid attack success was high (>80%) and three behavioral phases were identified: (1) approach, (2) strike and (3) recoil. Lolliguncula brevis demonstrated greater maneuverability (i.e. a smaller length-specific turning radius...

..., Sepia bandensis , were filmed during turns using high-speed cameras. Kinematic features were tracked, including the length-specific radius of the turn ( R / L ), a measure of maneuverability, and angular velocity (ω), a measure of agility. Both L. brevis and S. bandensis demonstrated high...

...Ryan M. Shelton; Brandon E. Jackson; Tyson L. Hedrick Cliff swallows ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) are highly maneuverable social birds that often forage and fly in large open spaces. Here we used multi-camera videography to measure the three-dimensional kinematics of their natural flight maneuvers...

...Mu Qiao; Brian Brown; Devin L. Jindrich Locomotion in a complex environment is often not steady state, but unsteady locomotion (stability and maneuverability) is not well understood. We investigated the strategies used by humans to perform sidestep cutting turns when running. Previous studies have...

... 2008 maneuverability locomotion swimming diving torque pitch trim-control Efficient underwater locomotion should include the ability of the swimmer to control its trajectory and maneuver when necessary. For cormorants swimming underwater in search and pursuit of their motile prey...

... of undulatory swimming in the American alligator. Copeia 1984 , 839 -843. Fish, F. E. ( 2002 ). Balancing requirements for stability and maneuverability in cetaceans. Integr. Comp. Biol. 42 , 85 -93. Fish, F. E. and Battle, J. M. ( 1995 ). Hydrodynamic design of the humpback whale flipper. J...

.... Holden, J. P. and Cavanagh, P. R. ( 1991 ). The free moment of ground reaction in distance running and its changes with pronation. J. Biomech. 24 , 887 -897. Jindrich, D. L. and Full, R. J. ( 1999 ). Many-legged maneuverability: dynamics of turning in hexapods. J. Exp. Biol. 202 , 1603 -1623...

... and decouple these multiple constraints may provide a distinct advantage for turning performance. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 17 1 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 turning maneuverability curve sprinting running locomotion...

... of turning performance in rigid-bodied taxa have found either high maneuverability or high agility, but not both. However, examinations of aquatic turning performance in rigid-bodied animals have had limited taxonomic scope and, as such, the effects of many body shapes and designs on aquatic maneuverability...