The energy cost of flight: Do small bats fly more cheaply than birds?

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Winter, Y ^a   Von Helversen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Daily energy budget; Energy metabolism; Flight power; Glossophaginae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; KINETICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032033007     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050126     Document Type: Article

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