Summer torpor in a free-ranging bat from subtropical Australia

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-226

  Turbill, Christopher ^a   Law, Bradley S ^b   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat; Microchiroptera; Sub tropical; Telemetry; Thermoregulation; Torpor; Vespadelus; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD STRESS; FOOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

MICROCHIROPTERA; VESPADELUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0037381199     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(02)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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