Thermoregulatory variation among populations of bats along a latitudinal gradient

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 885-893

  Dunbar, Miranda B ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Geographic region; Hibernation; Population; Temperature; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; MALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS;

EID: 77954468488     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0457-y     Document Type: Article

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