Field metabolic rates and water uptake in the blossom-bat Syconycteris australis (Megachiroptera)

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

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-138

  Geiser, F ^a   Coburn, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate ratio; Doubly labelled water; Field metabolic rate; Megachiroptera; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; DRINKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 0033104118     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050203     Document Type: Article

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