Terrestrial locomotion imposes high metabolic requirements on bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 4340-4344

  Voigt, Christian C ^a,b   Borrisov, Ivailo M ^c,d   Voigt Heucke, Silke L ^b  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Tabachka Bat Research Station (TBRS)   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Energetics; Flight costs; Running costs; Vertebrate flight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION;

CHIROPTERA; EUMOPS; MAMMALIA; MOLOSSUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870037360     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076224     Document Type: Article

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