Fat and fed: Frequent use of summer torpor in a subtropical bat

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Stawski, Clare ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition index; Chiroptera; Insectivorous; Nyctophilus; Predator avoidance; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; METABOLISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TELEMETRY; TORPOR;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LETHARGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NYCTOPHILUS; NYCTOPHILUS BIFAX;

EID: 73649109902     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0606-x     Document Type: Article

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