Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2022
02 2022
Historique:
received:
13
05
2021
accepted:
02
12
2021
pubmed:
21
1
2022
medline:
11
3
2022
entrez:
20
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Flight speed is positively correlated with body size in animals
Identifiants
pubmed: 35046578
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7
pmc: PMC8810381
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
96-100Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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