Context-dependent flight speed: Evidence for energetically optimal flight speed in the bat Pipistrellus kuhlii?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 540-548

  Grodzinski, Uri ^a   Spiegel, Orr ^b   Korine, Carmi ^c,d   Holderied, Marc W ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic tracking; Maximal range velocity; Minimal power velocity; Movement; Power curve

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; COMMUTING; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; ROOST SITE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE;

ANIMALIA; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLI;

EID: 63849227655     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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