Whole-body kinematics of a fruit bat reveal the influence of wing inertia on body accelerations

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1546-1553

  Iriarte Díaz, José ^a,b   Riskin, Daniel K ^a,e   Willis, David J ^c   Breuer, Kenneth S ^d   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d Brown University   (United States)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Center of mass; Flight; Inertia; Kinematics; Upstroke

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRUIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOPTERUS BRACHYOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955035025     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037804     Document Type: Article

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