Kinematics and wing shape across flight speed in the bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1226-1238

  Von Busse, Rhea ^a,c   Hedenström, Anders ^b   Winter, York ^a   Johansson, L Christoffer ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Flight; Kinematics; Leading edge flap; Leptonycteris yerbabuenae; Wind tunnel; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890398479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20122964     Document Type: Article

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