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Robert Nudds

Robert is working on a Leverhulme Trust funded project looking at the importance of elastic structures in running in a range of birds including emu and guinea fowl. He also works on the mechanics of flight and general energetics.

Selected Publications

Nudds RL, Codd JR, Sellers WI. Evidence for a Mass Dependent Step-Change in the Scaling of Efficiency in Terrestrial Locomotion. PLoS ONE (2009) vol. 4 pp. e6927 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006927

Nudds RL, Oswald SA. An interspecific test of Allen's Rule: evolutionary implications for endothermic species. Evolution (2007) vol. 6 pp. 2839–2848.

Taylor GK, Nudds RL, Thomas ALR. Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency. Nature (2003) vol. 425 (6959) pp. 707-711.