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Airplane tracking documents the fastest flight speeds recorded for bats

The performance capabilities of flying animals reflect the interplay of biomechanical and physiological constraints and evolutionary innovation. Of the two extant groups of vertebrates that are capable of powered flight, birds are thought to fly more efficiently and faster than bats. However, fast-f...

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Autores principales: McCracken, Gary F., Safi, Kamran, Kunz, Thomas H., Dechmann, Dina K. N., Swartz, Sharon M., Wikelski, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5180116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160398