Climbing flight performance and load carrying in lesser dog-faced fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 786-793

  MacAyeal, Leigh C ^a,c   Riskin, Daniel K ^a,d   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Climbing flight; Power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; WING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS;

EID: 79951793840     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050195     Document Type: Article

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