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Trapped in the darkness of the night: thermal and energetic constraints of daylight flight in bats

Bats are one of the most successful mammalian groups, even though their foraging activities are restricted to the hours of twilight and night-time. Some studies suggested that bats became nocturnal because of overheating when flying in daylight. This is because—in contrast to feathered wings of bird...

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Autores principales: Voigt, Christian C., Lewanzik, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21208959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2290