Background Biologgers have contributed greatly to studies of animal movement, behaviours
and physiology. Accelerometers, among the various on-board sensors of biologgers, have …

Flight behaviours of birds have been extensively studied from different angles such as their
kinematics, aerodynamics and, more generally, their migration patterns. Nevertheless, much …

Wingbeat frequency may serve as a distinctive physical signature for identifying mosquito
species. However, variation in wingbeat frequency within species may compromise …

Turbulence is a widespread phenomenon in the natural world, but its influence on flap**
fliers remains little studied. We assessed how freestream turbulence affected the kinematics …

Regional patterns in wind underpin the low-cost migratory flyways of billions of birds and
insects, 1, 2, 3 but the effect of large-scale changes in temperature on flight is unknown …

Migratory birds travel over impressively long distances. Consequently, they have to adopt
flight regimes being both efficient—in order to spare their metabolic resources—and robust …

Recent tracking technology has revealed that some birds fly at extreme altitudes up to and
above 7000 m above sea level (asl) during nonstop migration flights (Lindström et al., 2021; …

Wingbeat frequency estimation is an important aspect for the study of avian flight, energetics,
and behavioral patterns, among others. Hummingbirds, in particular, are ideal subjects to …

Fluid dynamics, and flight in particular, is a domain where organisms challenge our
understanding of its physics. Integrating the current knowledge of animal flight, we propose …

I would like to thank Dr. Nienke van Staaveren and Dr. Emily Leishman for their support,
guidance and patience. Thank you for always taking the time to address my questions and …