The aerodynamics of flight in an insect flight-mill.

Predicting the dispersal of pest insects is important for pest management schemes. Flight-mills provide a simple way to evaluate the flight potential of insects, but there are several complications in relating tethered-flight to natural flight. We used high-speed video to evaluate the effect of flig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gal Ribak, Shay Barkan, Victoria Soroker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665432?pdf=render