Flapping tail membrane in bats produces potentially important thrust during horizontal takeoffs and very slow flight.

Autor: Rick A Adams, Emily R Snode, Jason B Shaw
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 2, p e32074 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032074
Popis: 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 minimal-speed flight (
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