Commuting fruit bats beneficially modulate their flight in relation to wind

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Sapir, Nir ^a,b   Horvitz, Nir ^b   Dechmann, Dina K N ^a   Fahr, Jakob ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modelling; Biotelemetry; Crosswind compensation; Eidolon helvum; Flight behaviour; Tailwind assistance

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; ROOST SITE; WIND VELOCITY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FIREFLY; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; FIREFLIES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84898750451     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0018     Document Type: Article

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