Wind tunnel as a tool in bird migration research

Annual 10-Month Aerial Life Phase in the Common Swift Apus apus

(2016) Anders Hedenström et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hampered performance of migratory swans: intra- and inter-seasonal effects of avian influenza virus

(2016) Bethany J. Hoye et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Activity and migratory flights of individual free-flying songbirds throughout the annual cycle: method and first case study

(2016) Johan Bäckman et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Wake analysis of aerodynamic components for the glide envelope of a jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

(2016) Marco KleinHeerenbrink et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Into rude air: hummingbird flight performance in variable aerial environments

(2016) V. M. Ortega-Jimenez et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ear-body lift and a novel thrust generating mechanism revealed by the complex wake of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)

(2016) L. Christoffer Johansson et al.   Scientific Reports

Power of the wingbeat: modelling the effects of flapping wings in vertebrate flight

(2015) M. K. Heerenbrink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Lab-on-a-Bird: Biophysical Monitoring of Flying Birds

(2015) Abdurrahman Gumus et al.   PLoS One

Impact of miniaturized geolocators on barn swallowHirundo rusticafitness traits

(2014) Chiara Scandolara et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The aerodynamic cost of flight in the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata): comparing theory with measurement

(2014) R. von Busse et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight

(2014) Steven J. Portugal et al.   NATURE

Air speeds of migrating birds observed by ornithodolite and compared with predictions from flight theory

(2013) C. J. Pennycuick et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Constitutive immune function in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, is decreased immediately after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel

(2011) S. Nebel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Aerodynamics of gliding flight in common swifts

(2011) P. Henningsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Energy Beyond Food: Foraging Theory Informs Time Spent in Thermals by a Large Soaring Bird

(2011) Emily L. C. Shepard et al.   PLoS One

Going the Distance

(2011) E. Pennisi   SCIENCE

Animal Migration and Infectious Disease Risk

(2011) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

Flight at Low Ambient Humidity Increases Protein Catabolism in Migratory Birds

(2011) A. R. Gerson et al.   SCIENCE

The Role of Wind-Tunnel Studies in Integrative Research on Migration Biology

(2010) S. Engel et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The effects of geolocator drag and weight on the flight ranges of small migrants

(2010) Melissa S. Bowlin et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Are birds stressed during long-term flights? A wind-tunnel study on circulating corticosterone in the red knot

(2009) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR NONINVASIVE ANALYSIS OF FAT STORAGE IN MIGRATORY BIRDS

(2008) RONNIE WIRESTAM et al.   AUK

A note on wind-tunnel turbulence measurements with DPIV

(2008) G. R. Spedding et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

THE MECHANICS OF BIRD MIGRATION

(2008) C. J. Pennycuick   IBIS

Mass changes in migrating birds: the evidence for fat and protein storage re-examined

(2008) ÅKE LINDSTRÖM et al.   IBIS

Energy expenditure during flight in relation to body mass: effects of natural increases in mass and artificial load in Rose Coloured Starlings

(2008) Carola A. Schmidt-Wellenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight Costs in Songbirds

(2008) Melissa S. Bowlin et al.   PLoS One