Wake structure and wing kinematics: The flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3427-3440

  Hubel, Tatjana Y ^a,c   Riskin, Daniel K ^b,d   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat flight; Kinematics; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; WING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS;

EID: 77957845998     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043257     Document Type: Article

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