Animal Flight Dynamics I. Stability in Gliding Flight
- 7 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Vol. 212 (3) , 399-424
- https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2001.2387
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Funding Information
- University of Oxford (43/S08664, 43/S09380)
- Royal Society (43/S08664, 43/S09380)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (43/S08664, 43/S09380)
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