Facultative hypothermia as a thermoregulatory strategy in the phyllostomid bats, Caroliia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-152

  Audet, D ^a   Thomas, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; HYPOTHERMIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031080015     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050058     Document Type: Article

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