Thermal windows on Brazilian free-tailed bats facilitate thermoregulation during prolonged flight

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-370

  Reichard, Jonathan D ^a   Prajapati, Suresh I ^b   Austad, Steven N ^b   Keller, Charles ^b   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; BLOOD FLOW; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEXAS; WING;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MYOTIS VELIFER; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77956269539     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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