The near and far wake of Pallas' long tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2909-2918

  Johansson, L Christoffer ^a   Wolf, Marta ^a   Von Busse, Rhea ^b   Winter, York ^b   Spedding, Geoffrey R ^c,d   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bats; DPIV; Flight; Glossophaga soricina; Wake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WIND; WING;

AVES; CHOERONYCTERIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 54349097779     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018192     Document Type: Article

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