Neuromuscular Control of Aerodynamic Power Output via Changes in Wingbeat Kinematics in the Flight Muscles of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)

While producing the highest power output of any vertebrate, hovering hummingbirds must also precisely modulate the activity of their primary flight muscles to vary wingbeat kinematics and modulate lift production. By examining how electromyograms (EMGs) and wingbeat kinematics of hummingbirds change...

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Main Author: Mahalingam, Sajeni
Other Authors: Welch, Kenneth
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33435