Matching gas exchange in the bat from flight to torpor

American Zoologist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-100

  Szewczak, Joseph M ^a  

^a Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

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EID: 33746004308     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/37.1.92     Document Type: Article

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