Elytra boost lift, but reduce aerodynamic efficiency in flying beetles

Actuator disk model and span efficiency of flapping flight in bats based on time-resolved PIV measurements

(2011) Florian T. Muijres et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Vortex wake, downwash distribution, aerodynamic performance and wingbeat kinematics in slow-flying pied flycatchers

(2011) F. T. Muijres et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Span Efficiencies of Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers

(2010) G. R. Spedding et al.   JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT

The Role of Elytra in Beetle Flight: I. Generation of Quasi-Static Aerodynamic Forces

(2010) Patar Ebenezer Sitorus et al.   Journal of Bionic Engineering

Wake structure and wing kinematics: the flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

(2010) T. Y. Hubel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees

(2010) R. B. Davis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Wake patterns of the wings and tail of hovering hummingbirds

(2009) Douglas L. Altshuler et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

The vortex wake of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla L.) measured using high-speed digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV)

(2009) L. C. Johansson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Vortex wake and flight kinematics of a swift in cruising flight in a wind tunnel

(2008) P. Henningsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY