Can external radiotransmitters be used to assess body temperature and torpor in bats?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1102-1106

  Barclay, Robert M R ^a   Kalcounis, Matina C ^b   Crampton, Lisa H ^a   Stefan, Carol ^a   Vonhof, Maarten J ^a   Wilkinson, Lisa ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bats; body temperature; Eptesicus fuscus; heterothermy; radiotelemetry; torpor

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0030448359     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382791     Document Type: Article

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