High manoeuvring costs force narrow-winged molossid bats to forage in open space

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-424

  Voigt, Christian C ^a,b   Holderied, Marc W ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BAT; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; MOLOSSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858724392     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0627-6     Document Type: Article

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