Scaling bat wingbeat frequency and amplitude

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2615-2626

  Bullen, R D ^a   McKenzie, N L ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Bat; Frequency; Scaling; Wingbeat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036736472     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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