Scaling of wingbeat frequency with body mass in bats and limits to maximum bat size

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 711-722

  Norberg, Ulla M Lindhe ^a   Ake Norberg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bats; Flight power; Maximum bat size; Scaling of wingbeat frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84857623751     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059865     Document Type: Article

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