Thermobiology, energetics and activity patterns of the Eastern tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) in the Australian tropics: Effect of temperature and lunar cycle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2557-2564

  Riek, Alexander ^a,b   Körtner, Gerhard ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Lunar cycle; Thermobiology; Tube nosed bat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHIROPTERA; NYCTIMENE ROBINSONI; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 77954846616     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043182     Document Type: Article

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