Vance A. Tucker
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Education
Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles 1963
M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison 1960
B.A., University of California - Los Angeles 1958
Tucker, V. A. “Gliding flight: Drag and torque of a hawk and a falcon with straight and turned heads, and a lower value for the parasite drag coefficient.” Journal of Experimental Biology 203, no. 24 (December 1, 2000): 3733–44.
Tucker, V. A., A. E. Tucker, K. Akers, and J. H. Enderson. “Curved flight paths and sideways vision in peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus).” Journal of Experimental Biology 203, no. 24 (December 1, 2000): 3755–63.
Tucker, V. A. “The deep fovea, sideways vision and spiral flight paths in raptors.” J Exp Biol 203, no. Pt 24 (December 2000): 3745–54.
Tucker, V. A., A. E. Tucker, K. Akers, and J. H. Enderson. “Curved flight paths and sideways vision in peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus).” The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, no. Pt 24 (December 2000): 3755–63.
Tucker, V. A. “Gliding flight: drag and torque of a hawk and a falcon with straight and turned heads, and a lower value for the parasite drag coefficient.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, no. Pt 24 (December 2000): 3733–44.
Tucker, V. A. “The deep fovea, sideways vision and spiral flight paths in raptors.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, no. Pt 24 (December 2000): 3745–54.
Tucker, V. A. “A 4 g, battery-powered, data logger accelerometer for free-flying birds.” Review of Scientific Instruments 70, no. 11 (January 1, 1999): 4394–97. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1150084. Full Text
Tucker, V. A., T. J. Cade, and A. E. Tucker. “Diving speeds and angles of a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus).” The Journal of Experimental Biology 201 (Pt 13) (July 1998): 2061–70.
Tucker, V. A. “Using a collision model to design safer wind turbine rotors for birds.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the Asme 118, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 263–69. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2871791. Full Text
Tucker, V. A. “A mathematical model of bird collisions with wind turbine rotors.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the Asme 118, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 253–62. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2871788. Full Text
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Selected Grants
The Effects of Wing Tip and Body Shape on Aerodynamics of Flying Birds awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 1991 to 1997
Aerodynamics of Parasite and Profile Drag in Avian Models awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 1991 to 1993
Measuring the Aerodynamic Drag of Satellite-compatible Transmitters and Conventional (VHF) Transmitter Forms awarded by Fish and Wildlife (Principal Investigator). 1990 to 1993
Wind Tunnel Experiments to Study the Effects of Radio-Marking on Bird Flight awarded by Fish and Wildlife (Principal Investigator). 1987 to 1988