... the immunogenic substance is administered. Chiroptera Lipopolysaccharide Innate immune response Activity period Resting period Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001807 2017–17607–6 2014/16320-7 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do...

... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2022 Summary: The contractile properties of wing muscles in a temperate bat species have evolved a low thermal dependence similar to a tropical bat species, despite differences in each species' range of flight temperatures. Chiroptera Contractile properties...

...: Measurement of the vocal compensation of Daubenton's bats to masking noise reveals that bats defend echo-to-noise ratios by increasing call amplitude but not by spectrally adjusting calls. Chiroptera Biosonar Jamming avoidance response Lombard response Acoustic interference Natur og Univers...

... performance, foraging tactics and echolocation in free-living Daubenton's bats Myotis daubentoni (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) . J. Zool. 215 , 113 - 132 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb04888.x Jones , G. and Rayner , J. M. V. ( 1989 ). Optimal flight speed in pipistrelle bats...

... ( Schneeberger et al., 2013 ). As Neotropical bats are relatively limited in their range of body masses, we supplemented our leukocyte dataset with a systematic literature search ( Fig. S1 ). We identified articles using Web of Science and the search terms TS=(bat OR Chiroptera OR flying fox) AND (hematology...

... fox, Pteropus hypomelanus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) . J. Exp. Zool. Part A Comp. Exp. Biol.   301 , 682 - 690 . 10.1002/jez.a.58 Rodas-Martínez , A. Z. , Canales , D. , Brousset , D. M. , Swanson , W. F. and Romano , M. C. ( 2013 ). Assessment of adrenocortical...

... achieved low, adult-like wing loadings. Our results demonstrate that echolocation and flight develop in parallel but may be temporally offset, such that the sensory system precedes the locomotory system during postnatal ontogeny. Chiroptera Laryngeal echolocation Vespertilionidae Vocal development...

...; Chiroptera): Wing adaptations, flight performance, foraging strategy, and echolocation . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B   316 , 335 - 427 . 10.1098/rstb.1987.0030 Racey , P. A. ( 1969 ). Diagnosis of pregnancy and experimental extenstion of gestation in the pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus...

... or financial interests. 11 10 2017 6 12 2017 Biosonar Acoustic signals Chiroptera Animal bioacoustics Organisms throughout the animal kingdom rely on acoustic signals for a wide range of survival behaviours, including communication, territorial defence, predator evasion...

... and domesticated chickens . BMC Genomics 13 , 59 . Norberg U. M. , Rayner J. M. V. ( 1987 ). Ecological morphology and flight in bats (Mammalia; Chiroptera): wing adaptations, flight performance, foraging strategy and echolocation . Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B 316 , 335 - 427 . Ransome...

... flight speeds for flying animals. However, the theoretical U-shaped flight power curve has not been robustly tested for Chiroptera, the only mammals capable of flapping flight. We examined the metabolic rate of seven Seba's short-tailed fruit bats ( Carollia perspicillata ) during unrestrained flight...

... a bat's ability to gain sufficient body mass before hibernation. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 25 8 2012 28 12 2012 © 2013. 2013 energetics chiroptera white-nose syndrome wing damage Experiments complied with current laws in Costa Rica...

... Press . Ceballos   G. , Fleming   T. H. , Chávez   C. , Nassar   J. ( 1997 ). Population dynamics of Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Jalisco, Mexico . J. Mammal.   78 , 1220 - 1230 . Cryan   P. M. ( 2003 ). Seasonal distribution of migratory tree...

...Christian C. Voigt; Ivailo M. Borrisov; Silke L. Voigt-Heucke SUMMARY The evolution of powered flight involved major morphological changes in Chiroptera. Nevertheless, all bats are also capable of crawling on the ground and some are even skilled sprinters. We asked if a highly derived morphology...

... foraging: a field test of prey discrimination by echolocating insectivorous bats . Anim. Behav.   48 , 1013 - 1021 . Bell   G. P. ( 1982 ). Behavioral and ecological aspects of gleaning by a desert insectivorous bat, Antrozous pallidus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) . Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol...

... - 1967 . Bhat H. R. ( 1994 ). Observations on the food and feeding behaviour of Cynopterus sphinx Vahl Chiroptera; Pteropodidae at Pune, India . Mammalia 58 , 363 - 370 . Carpenter R. E. ( 1986 ). Flight physiology of intermediate-sized fruit bats (Pteropodidae) . J. Exp...

... * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 14 2 2010 © 2010. 2010 bite force lever mechanics 3-D modeling chiroptera feeding performance Measurements and estimates of whole-organism performance have provided useful information for studies of adaptation...

... ), perhaps a weight-saving adaptation to flight. paracellular nutrient uptake carbohydrate absorption Chiroptera Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 1 3 2007 * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]...

...Daniel K. Riskin; Stuart Parsons; William A. Schutt, Jr; Gerald G. Carter; John W. Hermanson SUMMARY Bats (Chiroptera) are generally awkward crawlers, but the common vampire bat ( Desmodus rotundus ) and the New Zealand short-tailed bat( Mystacina tuberculata ) have independently evolved...

... and Behavior, Cornell University, Seeley G. Mudd Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA(e-mail: [email protected] ) 12 10 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 aposematism echolocation Chiroptera Arctiidae coevolution Myotis septentrionalis Cycnia tenera...