Energy metabolism and evaporative water loss in the European free-tailed bat and hemprich's long-eared bat (Microchiroptera): Species sympatric in the Negev Desert

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 944-956

  Marom, Sagi ^a   Korine, Carmi ^a   Wojciechowski, Michał S ^a,c   Tracy, Christopher R ^b   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INSECTIVORE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; WATER RESOURCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISRAEL; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; OTONYCTERIS HEMPRICHI; TADARIDA TENIOTIS;

EID: 33748803900     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505999     Document Type: Article

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