Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus intersperses wingbeats in flapping flights with brief (0.1-0.3 s) glides. This undulating intermittent flight mode probably saves energy in flight. In large flight cages, captive pipistrelles glided for...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.13522851 2024-09-15T18:30:39+00:00 Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... Thomas, Adrian L. R. Jones, Gareth Rayner, Jeremy M. V. Hughes, Patricia M. 1990 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13522851 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13522851 unknown Zenodo hash://md5/6ee1473780a9ed64e82644746f258407 hash://sha256/f4959cf755dcc5be53bb251bdc2df93bc2a0b12ff4afac2b14c56f7f45733a62 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/8A9K8AM6 https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/8A9K8AM6 https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/3439d33d3c694ab30584ab41dcac1756!/b94085-96493 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 hash://md5/6ee1473780a9ed64e82644746f258407 hash://sha256/f4959cf755dcc5be53bb251bdc2df93bc2a0b12ff4afac2b14c56f7f45733a62 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/8A9K8AM6 https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/8A9K8AM6 https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/3439d33d3c694ab30584ab41dcac1756!/b94085-96493 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1410543 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13522849 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat JournalArticle ScholarlyArticle article-journal 1990 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1352285110.5281/zenodo.141054310.5281/zenodo.13522849 2024-09-02T10:18:40Z (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus intersperses wingbeats in flapping flights with brief (0.1-0.3 s) glides. This undulating intermittent flight mode probably saves energy in flight. In large flight cages, captive pipistrelles glided for approximately 13.4 % of flight time, but glides were steep, and the bat accelerated during the glides. The bats sometimes glided during turns. During the glides the bat may have been unable to emit echolocation pulses and, if so, this would explain occasional wide interpulse intervals in wild pipistrelles. The steepness of the glides may be a means of improving undulating flight performance, and may also be unavoidable owing to the very small size and relatively small wings of pipistrelles. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus pipistrellus DataCite |
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Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat Thomas, Adrian L. R. Jones, Gareth Rayner, Jeremy M. V. Hughes, Patricia M. Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus intersperses wingbeats in flapping flights with brief (0.1-0.3 s) glides. This undulating intermittent flight mode probably saves energy in flight. In large flight cages, captive pipistrelles glided for approximately 13.4 % of flight time, but glides were steep, and the bat accelerated during the glides. The bats sometimes glided during turns. During the glides the bat may have been unable to emit echolocation pulses and, if so, this would explain occasional wide interpulse intervals in wild pipistrelles. The steepness of the glides may be a means of improving undulating flight performance, and may also be unavoidable owing to the very small size and relatively small wings of pipistrelles. ... |
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Thomas, Adrian L. R. Jones, Gareth Rayner, Jeremy M. V. Hughes, Patricia M. |
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Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus Pipistrellus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ... |
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intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (pipistrellus pipistrellus) (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) ... |
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