Peer-reviewed publications

Walker, S. M. & Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2011). Operation of the alula as an indicator of gear change in hoverflies, J. Roy. Soc. Interface. Published online before print November 9, 2011. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0617

Gillies, J. A., Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2011). Soaring and manoeuvring flight of a steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis. J. Avian Biol. 42, 377-386. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05105.x

Carruthers, A. C., Thomas, A. L. R., Walker, S. M. & Taylor, G. K. (2010). Mechanics and aerodynamics of perching manoeuvres in a large bird of prey. Aero. J. 114, 673-680.

Carruthers, A. C., Walker, S. M., Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2010). Aerodynamics of aerofoil sections measured on a free-flying bird. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part G - J. Aerosp. Eng. 224, 855-864. doi:10.1243/09544100JAERO737

Taylor, G. K., Holbrook, R. J. and Burt de Perera, T. (2010). Fractional rate of change of swim-bladder volume is reliably related to absolute depth during vertical displacements in teleost fish J. Roy. Soc. Interface. 7, 1379-1382. Published online before print February 26, 2010, doi:10.1098/rsif.2009.0522

Walker, S. M. & Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2010). Deformable wing kinematics in free-flying hoverflies. J. Roy. Soc. Interface. 7, 131-142. Published online before print May 15, 2009. doi:10.1098/rsif.2009.0120

Young, J., Walker, S. M., Bomphrey, R. J., Taylor, G. K. & Thomas, A. L. R. (2009). Details of insect wing design and deformation enhance aerodynamic function and flight efficiency. Science. 325, 1549-1552. doi:10.1126/science.1175928

Bomphrey, R. J., Taylor, G. K., Thomas, A. L. R. (2009) Smoke visualization of free-flying bumblebees indicates independent leading-edge vortices on each wing pair. Exp. Fluids 46, 811-821. Published online before print April 2, 2009, doi:10.1007/s00348-009-0631-8

Walker, S. M. & Thomas, A. L. R., Taylor, G. K. (2009). Deformable wing kinematics in the desert locust: how and why do camber, twist and topography vary through the stroke?. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 6, 735-747. Published online before print December 16, 2008, doi:10.1098/rsif.2008.0435

Walker, S. M. & Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2009). Photogrammetric reconstruction of high-resolution surface topographies and deformable wing kinematics of tethered locusts and free-flying hoverflies. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 6, 351-366. Published online before print August 5, 2008, doi:10.1098/rsif.2008.0245

Bomphrey, R. J. & Walker, S. M. & Taylor. G. K. (2009). The typical flight performance of blowflies: measuring the normal performance envelope of Calliphora vicina using a novel corner-cube arena. PLoS ONE. 4(11): e7852. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007852

Taylor, G. K., Bacic, M., Bomphrey, R. J., Carruthers, A. C., Gillies, J., Walker, S. M. & Thomas, A. L. R. (2008). New experimental approaches to the biology of flight control systems. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 258-266. doi:10.1242/jeb.012625

Taylor, G. K. & Krapp, H. G. (2007). Sensory systems and flight stability: what do insects measure, and why? Adv. Insect Physiol., 34, 231-316. doi:10.1016/S0065-2806(07)34005-8

Carruthers, A. C., Thomas, A. L. R. & Taylor, G. K. (2007). Automatic aeroelastic devices in the wings of a Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 4136-4149. doi:10.1242/jeb.011197

Bomphrey, R. J., Lawson, N. J., Taylor, G. K., & Thomas, A. L. R. (2006). Application of digital particle image velocimetry to insect aerodynamics: measurement of the leading-edge vortex and near wake of a hawkmoth, Exp. Fluids. 40, 546-554. doi:10.1007/s00348-005-0094-5

Taylor, G. K. & Zbikowski, R. (2005). Nonlinear time-periodic models of the longitudinal flight dynamics of desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 2, 197-221. doi:10.1098/rsif.2005.0036

Bomphrey, R. J., Lawson, N. J., Taylor, G. K., & Thomas, A. L. R. (2006). Digital particle image velocimetry measurements of the downwash distribution of a desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 3, 311-317. doi:10.1098/rsif.2005.0090

Taylor, G. K. (2005). Flight muscles and flight dynamics: towards an integrative framework. Anim. Biol. 55, 81-99. doi:10.1163/1570756053276871

Bomphrey, R. J., Harding, N. J., Lawson, N. J., Taylor, G. K., & Thomas, A. L. R. (2005). The aerodynamics of Manduca sexta: digital particle image velocimetry of the leading-edge vortex, J. Exp. Biol., 208, 1079–1094. doi:10.1242/jeb.01471

Nudds, R. L., Taylor, G. K. and Thomas, A. L. R. (2004). Tuning of Strouhal number for high propulsive efficiency predicts how wingbeat frequency and stroke amplitude relate and scale with size and flight speed in birds, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B, 271, 2071–2076. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2838

Thomas, A. L. R., Taylor, G. K., Srygley, R. B., Nudds, R. L. & Bomphrey, R. J. (2004). Dragonfly flight: free-flight and tethered flow visualizations reveal a diverse array of unsteady lift-generating mechanisms, controlled primarily via angle of attack. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 4299-4323. doi:10.1242/jeb.01262

Taylor, G. K., Nudds, R. L., & Thomas, A. L. R. (2003). Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency. Nature 425, 707-711. doi:10.1038/nature02000

Taylor, G. K. & Thomas, A. L. R. (2003). Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 2803-2829. doi:10.1242/jeb.0050

Taylor, G. K. and Thomas, A. L. R. (2002). Animal flight dynamics II. Longitudinal stability in flapping flight, J. theor. Biol., 214, 351–370. doi:10.1006/jtbi.2001.2470

Taylor, G. K. (2001). Mechanics and aerodynamics of insect flight control. Biol. Rev. 76, 449-471. doi:10.1017/S1464793101005759

Thomas, A. L. R. and Taylor, G. K. (2001). Animal flight dynamics I. Stability in gliding flight, J. theor. Biol., 212, 399–324. doi:10.1006/jtbi.2001.2387

Garner, J. P., Taylor, G. K. and Thomas, A. L. R. (1999). On the origins of birds: the sequence of character acquisition in the evolution of avian flight, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B, 266,1259–1266. doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0772

 

Book Chapters

Taylor, G. K. (2013). Thorax. In: The Insects. Structure and Function. R. F. Chapman. 5th edn. S. J. Simpson & A. E. Douglas, eds. pp 149-155. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Taylor, G. K. (2013). Legs and Locomotion. In: The Insects. Structure and Function. R. F. Chapman. 5th edn. S. J. Simpson & A. E. Douglas, eds. pp 157-189. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Taylor, G. K. (2013). Wings and flight. In: The Insects. Structure and Function. R. F. Chapman. 5th edn. S. J. Simpson & A. E. Douglas, eds. pp 193-230. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Krapp, H. G., Taylor, G. K. & Humbert, J. S. (2012). The mode-sensing hypothesis: matching sensors, actuators and flight dynamics. In: Frontiers in Sensing. From Biology to Engineering. F. G. Barth, M. V. Srinivasan & J. A. C. Humphrey, eds. pp 101-114. Springer, Vienna.

Taylor, G. K., Carruthers, A. C., Hubel, T. J. & Walker, S. M. (2012). Wing morphing in insects, birds and bats: mechanism and function. In: J. Valasek, ed. Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures. Wiley, Chichester.

Taylor, G. K. (2010). Insect flight control. In: R. Blockley, W. Shyy, eds. Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering. Wiley, Chichester.

Taylor, G. K. (2008). Flight control of insects (in Japanese). In: T. Shimozawa, ed., Insect Mimetics, Vol. 3 of Advanced Biomimetic Series, pp 678-684, NTS Inc., Tokyo.

Taylor, G. K. (2007). Modelling the effects of unsteady flow phenomena on flapping flight dynamics— stability & control. In: R. Liebe, ed., Flow phenomena in Nature: a challenge to engineering design, Vol. 1, pp 155-166, WIT Press, Southampton.

 

Edited Volumes

Taylor, G. K., Triantafyllou, M. S., Tropea, C. (2010) Animal Locomotion: The Physics of Flying; The Hydrodynamics of Swimming. Springer, Berlin. ISBN: 978-3-642-11632-2.

Taylor, G. K., Triantafyllou, M. S., Tropea, C. (2009) Animal Locomotion: The Physics of Flying. Vol. 46(5) of Experiments in Fluids.

 

Chaired Conferences

US-Europe Workshop on BioSensing and BioActuation: Interface of Living and Engineered Systems, 15-17 June, Taormina, Sicily. R. A. Shoureshi & G. K. Taylor, co-chairs.

 

Public Understanding of Science (abridged)

• 2010 BBC 1, The One Show. News interview on bird flight research.
• 2009 National Geographic Channel and BBC, Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections. Documentary interview on bird flight research.
• 2008 ARD German Television, [W] wie Wissen. Documentary interview on flocking flight dynamics.
• 2007 BBC Radio Online, Naked Scientists. News interview on animal flight research.
• 2006 Discovery Channel, Daily Planet. News interview on bird flight research.
• 2006 New Scientist. News items on insect and bird flight research.
• 2006 German Public Radio. News interview on bird flight research.
• 2005 BBC Radio 4, Designs on Nature. Documentary interview.
• 2004 BBC News Online. Comment on recent Archaeopteryx study in Nature
• 2004 Discovery Magazine. News piece on Strouhal number research.
• 2004 BBC1, Animal Camera. Scientific consultant.
• 2003 Korean Broadcasting Services, Documentary interview.
• 2003 BBC Radio 4, Was it a bird or was it a plane? Documentary interview.
• 2003 BBC Radio 4, Feathered Dinosaurs. Documentary interview.
• 2003 New Scientist. News piece on Strouhal number research.
• 2003 The Guardian. Feature article on insect flight research.