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wing loading

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on wing loading with 26 nodes and 99 connections. Top connected: Bombus, not specified, Populus, Populus tremuloides, Apis mellifera.

Definition

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

Publications (1)

article

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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Frequently Associated Species

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper

Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Caprifoliaceae1 paper

Prunus virginiana

Rosaceae1 paper

chickens

1 paper

Redwood

1 paper

Populus

Salicaceae1 paper

Colias butterflies

1 paper

not specified

not specified1 paper

All Chickens

1 paper

Bombus

Apidae1 paper