Bats go head-under-heels: The biomechanics of landing on a ceiling

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 945-953

  Riskin, Daniel K ^a   Bahlman, Joseph W ^a   Hubel, Tatjana Y ^b   Ratcliffe, John M ^c   Kunz, Thomas H ^d   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Manoeuvrability; Roosting ecology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FLYING; HINDLIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; VIDEO RECORDING;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA;

EID: 63849239616     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026161     Document Type: Article

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