Water availability and successful lactation by bats as related to climate change in arid regions of western North America

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1115-1121

  Adams, Rick A ^a   Hayes, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Conservation; Lactation; Myotis thysanodes; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARID REGION; BAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DRINKING; EMERGENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; NORTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA;

MYOTIS THYSANODES;

EID: 53949085725     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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