Energy availability influences microclimate selection of hibernating bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4345-4350

  Boyles, Justin G ^a   Dunbar, Miranda B ^b   Storm, Jonathan J ^a   Brack Jr , Virgil ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eptesicus fuscus; Fat storing; Hibernation; Metabolic depression; Myotis lucifugus; Respirometry; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 38149059914     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007294     Document Type: Article

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