Use of temperature-sensitive transmitters to monitor the temperature profiles of hibernating bats affected with white-nose syndrome

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Britzke, Eric R ^a   Sewell, Price ^b   Hohmann, Matthew G ^c   Smith, Ryan ^d   Darling, Scott R ^d  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Copperhead Environmental Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 77954402983     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.017.0207     Document Type: Article

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