Los vórtices de vanguardia elevan la elevación de las semillas de plantas autorrotadoras

D Lentink1, W B Dickson, J L van Leeuwen

  • 1Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University, 6709 PG Wageningen, Netherlands. david.lentink@wur.nl

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 13, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

Las semillas de arce logran una elevada elevación utilizando un vórtice de vanguardia estable (LEV, por sus siglas en inglés). Este mecanismo aerodinámico, también observado en animales voladores, mejora el vuelo de las semillas y sugiere una evolución convergente para la locomoción aérea.

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