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wing loading

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on wing loading with 25 nodes and 97 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Populus, Populus tremuloides, Apis mellifera, Colias.

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

wing loading

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Definition

Publications (1)

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

Related Concepts (3)

thermal performance

thermal inertia

thermoregulatory performance index

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