Wing morphology and flight performance in Rousettus leschenaulti

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 806-812

  Elangovan, V ^a   Raghuram, H ^a   Priya, E Yuvana Satya ^a   Marimuthu, G ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flight development; Flight performance; Growth curves; Megachiroptera; Rousettus leschenaulti; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

BAT; FLIGHT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

MEGACHIROPTERA; ROUSETTUS; ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI;

EID: 4344718531     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BWG-131     Document Type: Article

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