Perch-hunting in insectivorous Rhinolophus bats is related to the high energy costs of manoeuvring in flight

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1079-1088

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Schuller, B Markus ^b   Greif, Stefan ^b   Siemers, Björn M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Energetics; Flapping flight; Flycatcher; Foraging; Locomotion; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH ANALYSIS; BULGARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH TESTS; BULGARIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TIME FACTORS; WING;

AVES; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI;

EID: 77956775765     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0466-x     Document Type: Article

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