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Turbulence causes kinematic and behavioural adjustments in a flapping flier

Manos Lempidakis, Andrew N. Ross, Michael Quetting, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan, Baptiste Garde, Martin Wikelski, Emily Shepard Orcid Logo

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Volume: 21, Issue: 212

Swansea University Authors: Manos Lempidakis, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan, Baptiste Garde, Emily Shepard Orcid Logo

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Turbulence is a widespread phenomenon in the natural world, but its influence on flapping fliers remains little studied. We assessed how freestream turbulence affected the kinematics, flight effort and track properties of homing pigeons (Columba livia), using the fine-scale variations in flight heig...

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Manos Lempidakis
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Emily Shepard
title_short Turbulence causes kinematic and behavioural adjustments in a flapping flier
title_full Turbulence causes kinematic and behavioural adjustments in a flapping flier
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description Turbulence is a widespread phenomenon in the natural world, but its influence on flapping fliers remains little studied. We assessed how freestream turbulence affected the kinematics, flight effort and track properties of homing pigeons (Columba livia), using the fine-scale variations in flight height as a proxy for turbulence levels. Birds showed a small increase in their wingbeat amplitude with increasing turbulence (similar to laboratory studies), but this was accompanied by a reduction in mean wingbeat frequency, such that their flapping wing speed remained the same. Mean kinematic responses to turbulence may therefore enable birds to increase their stability without a reduction in propulsive efficiency. Nonetheless, the most marked response to turbulence was an increase in the variability of wingbeat frequency and amplitude. These stroke-to-stroke changes in kinematics provide instantaneous compensation for turbulence. They will also increase flight costs. Yet pigeons only made small adjustments to their flight altitude, likely resulting in little change in exposure to strong convective turbulence. Responses to turbulence were therefore distinct from responses to wind, with the costs of high turbulence being levied through an increase in the variability of their kinematics and airspeed. This highlights the value of investigating the variability in flight parameters in free-living animals.
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