Diurnal activity in the Samoan flying fox, Pteropus samoensis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1375, 1998, Pages 1595-1606

  Thomson, S C ^a   Brooke, A P ^b   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Diurnality; Flight; Hyperthermia; Pteropus samoensis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; CLIMATE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0032578876     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0312     Document Type: Article

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