Behavioural and thermoregulatory responses of female hoary bats, Lasiurus cinereus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), to variations in prey availability

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-422

  Hickey, M Brian C ^a,b   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Behaviour; Ecology; Foraging; Lasiurus cinereus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244245688     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682358     Document Type: Article

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