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wing loading

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on wing loading with 9 nodes and 15 connections. Top connected: thermal performance, pitfall trapping (Silphidae), thermal inertia, thermoregulatory performance index, operative temperature (Silphidae).

Definition

Body mass per unit wing area, calculated as mg mm⁻² and related to flight energetics and thermoregulation

Publications (1)

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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental Biologymeasured

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thermoregulatory performance index

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