Preparing for inactivity: How insectivorous bats deposit a fat store for hibernation

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-131

  Speakman, John R ^a   Rowland, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Hibernation; Insectivorous bats; Thermo selection; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BAT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 0032946694     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19990017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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