Thermocron iButton and iBBat temperature dataloggers emit ultrasound

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 867-874

  Willis, Craig K R ^a   Jameson, Joel W ^a   Faure, Paul A ^b   Boyles, Justin G ^c   Brack Jr , Virgil ^c   Cervone, Tom H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lochmueller and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Disturbance; Mammals; Thermocron iButton; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SOUND DETECTION; TELEMETRY; ULTRASOUND; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING; MICROCOMPUTERS; RADIO WAVES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350154663     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0366-0     Document Type: Article

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