Bats under a hot tin roof: Comparing the microclimate of eastern cave bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) roosts in a shed and cave overhangs

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Law, B S ^a   Chidel, M ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; CAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LACTATION; MICROCLIMATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOST SITE; TORPOR; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

VESPADELUS TROUGHTONI;

EID: 33947602589     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO06069     Document Type: Article

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