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Ear-body lift and a novel thrust generating mechanism revealed by the complex wake of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)

Large ears enhance perception of echolocation and prey generated sounds in bats. However, external ears likely impair aerodynamic performance of bats compared to birds. But large ears may generate lift on their own, mitigating the negative effects. We studied flying brown long-eared bats, using high...

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Autores principales: Johansson, L. Christoffer, Håkansson, Jonas, Jakobsen, Lasse, Hedenström, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27118083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24886