Morphological and mechanical determinants of bite force in bats: Do muscles matter?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-91

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   De Smet, Ann ^a   Aguirre, Luis F ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bats; Bite force; Mechanics; Modeling; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CHIROPTERA; HEAD; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 38949165107     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012211     Document Type: Article

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