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The typical flight performance of blowflies: measuring the normal performance envelope of Calliphora vicina using a novel corner-cube arena.
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Despite a wealth of evidence demonstrating extraordinary maximal performance, little is known about the routine flight performance of insects. We present a set of techniques for benchmarking performance characteristics of insects in free flight, demonstrated using a model species, and comment on the significance of the performance observed. Free-flying blowflies (Calliphora vicina) were filmed inside a novel mirrored arena comprising a large (1.6 m1.6 m1.6 m) corner-cube reflector using a sin...
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0007852
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+ Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Bomphrey, R
Walker, S
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BBC5185731
GR/S23049/01
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Bomphrey, R
Taylor, G
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BBC5185731
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
- Journal:
- PloS one More from this journal
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 11
- Article number:
- e7852
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
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English
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209873
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- Bomphrey et al
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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Copyright 2009 Bomphrey et al.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,
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