Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera).

Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera).

Bat wings are characterized by high endurance, and these mammals have developed a number of adaptations that protect them from falling into obstacles and potential injuries. However, in bat populations, there are individuals with visible fresh or healed injuries to the flight-enabling body parts. Th...

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Main Authors: Jan Cichocki, Marcin Warchałowski, Agnieszka Ważna, Iwona Gottfried, Anna Bator-Kocoł, Tomasz Gottfried, Adrianna Kościelska, Jacek Bojarski, Monika Pietraszko-Warchałowska, Grzegorz Gabryś
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219783

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219783

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