Deep, prolonged torpor by pregnant, free-ranging bats

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-83

  Willis, Craig K R ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^b   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BAT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREGNANCY; TORPOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRTH; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RECORDING; SPRING; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MAMMALIA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 32944464432     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0063-0     Document Type: Article

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