Rain increases the energy cost of bat flight

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 793-795

  Voigt, Christian C ^a,b   Schneeberger, Karin ^a   Voigt Heucke, Silke L ^b   Lewanzik, Daniel ^a  

^a Wildlife Research   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Chiroptera; Energetics; Flight costs; Thermoregulation; Vertebrate flight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ALLOMETRY; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; FLIGHT; INSECT; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION; WING;

AVES; CAROLLIA SOWELLI; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960661297     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0313     Document Type: Article

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