Energetic cost of hovering flight in nectar-feeding bats (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) and its scaling in moths, birds and bats

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

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-48

  Voigt, C C ^a,b   Winter, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Glossophagine bats; Hovering flight; Hummingbirds; Sphingid moths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; MOTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTHS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033082796     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050191     Document Type: Article

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