Thermal biology and metabolism of the greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major (Chiroptera:Verpertilionidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-156

  Hosken, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; NYCTOPHILUS; NYCTOPHILUS MAJOR; NYCTOPHILUS TIMORIENSIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030794049     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO96043     Document Type: Article

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