Seasonal changes in daily torpor patterns of free-ranging female and male Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii)

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

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-231

  Dietz, Markus ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Myotis daubentonii; Skin temperature; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 33644620916     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0043-x     Document Type: Article

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