Thermoregulatory ecology of a solitary bat, Myotis evotis, roosting in rock crevices

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-26

  Chruszcz, B J ^a   Barclay, R M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Natural roosts; Reproduction; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; BAT; FEMALE; ROOSTING; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; CORYNORHINUS TOWNSENDII; MYOTIS; MYOTIS EVOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036127826     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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