Soaring behaviour in the Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-62

  Thomson, Susan C ^a   Brooke, Anne P ^b   Speakman, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Pteropus samoensis; Samoan flying fox; Soaring behaviour

Indexed keywords

BAT; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

CANIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0036159282     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952836902000079     Document Type: Article

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