Thermoregulatory behavior of tree-roosting chocolate wattled bats (Chalinolobus morio) during summer and winter

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 318-323

  Turbill, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat; Chalinolobus; Chiroptera; Hibernation; Roost; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGE; HIBERNATION; REPRODUCTION; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; WILD POPULATION;

CHALINOLOBUS; CHALINOLOBUS MORIO; CHIROPTERA; THEOBROMA CACAO; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33646254382     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-167R1.1     Document Type: Article

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