Air sacs reduce energy costs for soaring birds

Bret W. Tobalske

doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01508-4

Air sacs reduce energy costs for soaring birds

Bret W. Tobalske

Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

Certain air sacs have evolved in multiple lineages of soaring birds, and it emerges that these probably function to reduce the force required from the major flight muscles as they hold the wings in place during gliding and soaring.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	565-566
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	630
Issue number	8017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01508-4
State	Published - Jun 12 2024

Keywords

Animals
Birds/physiology
Energy Metabolism
Flight, Animal/physiology

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Air sacs reduce energy costs for soaring birds

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