Activity following arousal in winter in North American vespertilionid bats

Mammal Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-280

  Boyles, Justin G ^a   Dunbar, Miranda B ^b   Whitaker Jr , John O ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cave bats; Chiroptera; Feeding; Hibernacula; Hibernation; Tree bats

Indexed keywords

BAT; COPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARDOPS NICHOLLSI; CHIROPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33845491269     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Review

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