Advances in the study of bat flight: The wing and the wind

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 977-990

  Swartz, S M ^a,b   Konow, N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomechanics; Chiroptera; Energetics; Flight; Locomotion; Morphology; Wings

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WIND; WING MORPHOLOGY; ENERGETICS; FLIGHT; LOCOMOTION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WING;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84948758154     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0117     Document Type: Review

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