Flapping Tail Membrane in Bats Produces Potentially Important Thrust during Horizontal Takeoffs and Very Slow Flight

Historically, studies concerning bat flight have focused primarily on the wings. By analyzing high-speed video taken on 48 individuals of five species of vespertilionid bats, we show that the capacity to flap the tail-membrane (uropatagium) in order to generate thrust and lift during takeoffs and mi...

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Autores principales: Adams, Rick A., Snode, Emily R., Shaw, Jason B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22393378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032074

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22393378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032074

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