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List of works by Gal Ribak

Adaptive aerial righting during the escape dropping of wingless pea aphids

scientific article published in February 2013

Allometry of wing twist and camber in a flower chafer during free flight: How do wing deformations scale with body size?

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Can electrostatic fields limit the take-off of tiny whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci)?

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Consequences of buoyancy to the maneuvering capabilities of a foot-propelled aquatic predator, the great cormorant (Phalcrocorax carbo sinensis).

scientific article

Drag-based 'hovering' in ducks: the hydrodynamics and energetic cost of bottom feeding

scientific article

Effect of larval growth conditions on adult body mass and long-distance flight endurance in a wood-boring beetle: Do smaller beetles fly better?

scientific article

Effects of ornamentation and phylogeny on the evolution of wing shape in stalk-eyed flies (Diopsidae).

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Elastic wing deformations mitigate flapping asymmetry during manoeuvres in rose chafers (Protaetia cuprea)

scientific article published on 09 November 2020

Flying with eight wings: inter-sex differences in wingbeat kinematics and aerodynamics during the copulatory flight of damselflies (Ischnura elegans).

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Free flight maneuvers of stalk-eyed flies: do eye-stalks affect aerial turning behavior?

scientific article published on 21 August 2007

How do cormorants counter buoyancy during submerged swimming?

scientific article

Jumping without using legs: the jump of the click-beetles (Elateridae) is morphologically constrained

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Kinematic compensation for wing loss in flying damselflies

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Life in the flow: unique adaptations for feeding on drifting zooplankton in garden eels

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Morphological diversification has led to inter-specific variation in elastic wing deformation during flight in scarab beetles

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Role of side-slip flight in target pursuit: blue-tailed damselflies (Ischnura elegans) avoid body rotation while approaching a moving perch

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Role of wing pronation in evasive steering of locusts.

scientific article

Saccadic head rotations during walking in the stalk-eyed fly (Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni).

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Submerged swimming of the great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis is a variant of the burst-and-glide gait

scientific article

The aerodynamics of flight in an insect flight-mill

scientific article published in November 2017

The effect of air resistance on the jump performance of a small parasitoid wasp, Anagyrus pseudococci (Encyrtidae)

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

The stimuli evoking the aerial-righting posture of falling pea aphids

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

Water retention in the plumage of diving great cormorantsPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis

Whiteflies stabilize their take-off with closed wings

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Why are there no long distance jumpers among click-beetles (Elateridae)?

scientific article published on 10 July 2013