Gas exchange during hovering flight in a nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga soricina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Winter, York ^a   Voigt, Christian ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bat; Flight energetics; Gas exchange; Glossophaga soricina; Hovering flight; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; FOOD INTAKE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 0031885298     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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