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Energy supply during nocturnal endurance flight of migrant birds: effect of energy stores and flight behaviour
BackgroundMigrating birds fly non-stop for hours or even for days. They rely mainly on fat as fuel complemented by a certain amount of protein....
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Pre-flight body weight effects on urinary calcium excretion in space
Microgravity-induced bone loss increases urinary calcium excretion which increases kidney stone formation risk. Not all individuals show the same...
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RoboEM: automated 3D flight tracing for synaptic-resolution connectomics
Map** neuronal networks from three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D-EM) data still poses substantial reconstruction challenges, in particular...
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Palaeoatmosphere facilitates a gliding transition to powered flight in the Eocene bat, Onychonycteris finneyi
The evolutionary transition to powered flight remains controversial in bats, the only flying mammals. We applied aerodynamic modeling to reconstruct...
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First transcriptomic insight into the working muscles of racing pigeons during a competition flight
BackgroundThe currently known homing pigeon is a result of a sharp one-sided selection for flight characteristics focused on speed, endurance, and...
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The Concept of Allostasis and Autonomic Regulation in Space Flight
AbstractThe review presents literature sources confirming the key aspects of the theory of allostasis and its relationship with the theory of...
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Genetics of flight in spongy moths (Lymantria dispar ssp.): functionally integrated profiling of a complex invasive trait
BackgroundFlight can drastically enhance dispersal capacity and is a key trait defining the potential of exotic insect species to spread and invade...
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Metabolic flexibility associated with flight time among combat pilots of the Brazilian air force
IntroductionFighter pilots must support the effects of many stressors, including physical and psychological exertion, circadian disturbance, jet lag,...
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Response to: “Natural body size variation in seabirds provides a fundamental challenge for flight height determination by single-camera photogrammetry”
Boersch-Supan et al . (Natural body size variation in seabirds provides a fundamental challenge for flight height determination by single-camera...
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Climatological influences on flight activity of Lepidotrigona flavibasis Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)
Lepidotrigona flavibasis Cockerell, a eusocial bee species, performs a variety of ecological roles in tropical and subtropical ecosystems. This is...
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Numerical characterization of astronaut CaOx renal stone incidence rates to quantify in-flight and post-flight relative risk
Changes in urine chemistry potentially alter the risk of renal stone formation in astronauts. Quantifying spaceflight renal stone incidence risk...
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Differential Flight Capacity of Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Sex and Age
The three-cornered alfalfa hopper (TCAH), also known as Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera: Membracidae), infests legumes and poses a threat to the...
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Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala
Wing design in birds is the result of different and potentially opposing natural selection pressures, such as those related to migration, predator...
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Behavior of glioblastoma brain tumor stem cells following a suborbital rocket flight: reaching the “edge” of outer space
The emerging arena of space exploration has created opportunities to study cancer cell biology in the environments of microgravity and hypergravity....
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Small interannual variability in the body mass of a seabird with high flight costs
Seabird parents during chick rearing is hypothesized to regulate body mass to reduce flight costs and invest energy in current reproduction. Alcids...
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Flight altitudes and flight activities of adult Red Kites (Milvus milvus) in the breeding area as determined by GPS telemetry
The Red Kite has come to the forefront of general consciousness in recent decades. A major contributing factor has been repeated collisions of these...
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Diversity and Flight Patterns of Caddisflies (Trichoptera) in an Atlantic Forest Fragment: Implications for Species Conservation in Threatened Ecosystems
Anthropogenic activities have decimated the Atlantic Forest domain (AF) and increased the pressure on freshwater biota, such as Trichoptera, which is...
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Natural body size variation in seabirds provides a fundamental challenge for flight height determination by single-camera photogrammetry: a comment on Humphries et al. (2023)
Determining flight heights for seabirds is a crucial prerequisite for understanding collision risks associated with offshore wind farms and other...
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Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species
BackgroundBio-logging devices play a fundamental and indispensable role in movement ecology studies, particularly in the wild. However, researchers...
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Operation of a programmable microfluidic organic analyzer under microgravity conditions simulating space flight environments
A programmable microfluidic organic analyzer was developed for detecting life signatures beyond Earth and clinical monitoring of astronaut health....
