Arousal patterns, metabolic rate, and an energy budget of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) in winter

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1096-1102

  Dunbar, Miranda B ^a,b   Tomasi, Thomas E ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousals; Bat; Energetics; Hibernacula; Hibernation; Metabolic rate; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BUDGET; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS BOREALIS;

EID: 33846081918     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-254R3.1     Document Type: Review

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