Editorials

Johan L. van Leeuwen and Andrew A. Biewener

Biomechanics of swimming and flight
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 163. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.015651

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BIOMECHANICS OF SWIMMING AND FLIGHT
J Exp Biol 2008 211: i. [Full Text] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007

Motor Systems

William M. Kier and Frederick H. Schachat

Muscle specialization in the squid motor system
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 164-169. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.008144

Bret W. Tobalske and Andrew A. Biewener

Contractile properties of the pigeon supracoracoideus during different modes of flight
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 170-179. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.007476

Bertrand C. W. Tanner, Michael Regnier, and Thomas L. Daniel

A spatially explicit model of muscle contraction explains a relationship between activation phase, power and ATP utilization in insect flight
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 180-186. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.013466

Biomechanics of Swimming

Eric D. Tytell, Emily M. Standen, and George V. Lauder

Escaping Flatland: three-dimensional kinematics and hydrodynamics of median fins in fishes
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 187-195. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.008128

Ulrike K. Müller, Jos G. M. van den Boogaart, and Johan L. van Leeuwen

Flow patterns of larval fish: undulatory swimming in the intermediate flow regime
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 196-205. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.005629

Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, David N. Beal, and Alberico Menozzi

Biorobotic insights into how animals swim
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 206-214. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.012161

Biomechanics of Flight (Review Articles)

Fritz-Olaf Lehmann

When wings touch wakes: understanding locomotor force control by wake–wing interference in insect wings
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 224-233. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.007575

Graham K. Taylor, Marko Bacic, Richard J. Bomphrey, Anna C. Carruthers, James Gillies, Simon M. Walker, and Adrian L. R. Thomas

New experimental approaches to the biology of flight control systems
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 258-266. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.012625

Biomechanics of Flight

G. R. Spedding, A. H. Hedenström, J. McArthur, and M. Rosén

The implications of low-speed fixed-wing aerofoil measurements on the analysis and performance of flapping bird wings
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 215-223. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.007823

Z. Jane Wang

Aerodynamic efficiency of flapping flight: analysis of a two-stroke model
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 234-238. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.013797

Hikaru Aono, Fuyou Liang, and Hao Liu

Near- and far-field aerodynamics in insect hovering flight: an integrated computational study
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 239-257. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.008649

General Fluid Dynamic Approaches

David Lentink, Florian T. Muijres, Frits J. Donker-Duyvis, and Johan L. van Leeuwen

Vortex-wake interactions of a flapping foil that models animal swimming and flight
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 267-273. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.006155

Alexandra H. Techet

Propulsive performance of biologically inspired flapping foils at high Reynolds numbers
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 274-279. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.012849

Jifeng Peng and John O. Dabiri

An overview of a Lagrangian method for analysis of animal wake dynamics
J Exp Biol 2008 211: 280-287. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

First published online on December 28, 2007 as 10.1242/jeb.007641

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