Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera)

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

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Bartels, W ^a   Law, B S ^b   Geiser, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Daily torpor; Megachiroptera Thermoregulation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0032053662     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050141     Document Type: Article

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