Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri

Airflows redefine the cost of aerial transport in the wild

Fuel economy matters to both animals and machines, as the cost of transport can determine where, when, and how far locomotion is possible. However, established estimates of these values for animal flight come from laboratories and treat the atmosphere as constant, even though fre...