Somatosensory adaptations of flying mammals

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-226

  Zook, J M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Boundary layer; Camber; Chiroptera; Haarscheibe; Merkel cells; Neocortex; Prey capture; Primary afferents; Tactile receptors; Touch domes; Wing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548969924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00070-7     Document Type: Chapter

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