Flight metabolism in relation to speed in Chiroptera: Testing the U-shape paradigm in the short-tailed fruit bat Carollia perspicillata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2073-2080

  Von Busse, Rhea ^a   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Voigt, Christian C ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

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

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Energetics; Flight metabolism; Labeled Na bicarbonate technique; Power curve

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLIGHT METABOLISM; FLYING; LABELED NA-BICARBONATE TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER CURVE;

CHIROPTERA; ENERGETICS; FLIGHT METABOLISM; LABELED NA-BICARBONATE TECHNIQUE; POWER CURVE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 84878094276     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.081760     Document Type: Article

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