Modeling survival rates of hibernating mammals with individual-based models of energy expenditure

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Boyles, Justin G ^a   Brack Jr , Virgil ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Individual based model; Myotis; Overwinter survival

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 61349094103     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-205.1     Document Type: Article

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