Intraspecific scaling of flight power in the bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae)

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

Volumn 170, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 403-410

  Voigt, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bats; Flight; Glossophaga; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 0033780433     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600000117     Document Type: Article

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