Thermal benefits of clustering during hibernation: A field test of competing hypotheses on Myotis sodalis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 632-636

  Boyles, J G ^a   Storm, J J ^a,b   Brack Jr , V ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Behavioural thermoregulation; Heat loss; Huddling; Indiana bat

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BAT; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 47249140811     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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