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Rain increases the energy cost of bat flight

Similar to insects, birds and pterosaurs, bats have evolved powered flight. But in contrast to other flying taxa, only bats are furry. Here, we asked whether flight is impaired when bat pelage and wing membranes get wet. We studied the metabolism of short flights in Carollia sowelli, a bat that is e...

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Main Authors: Voigt, Christian C., Schneeberger, Karin, Voigt-Heucke, Silke L., Lewanzik, Daniel
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2011
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169076/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21543394
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0313
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