Thermoregulation of tree-dwelling temperate bats - A behavioural adaptation to force live history strategy

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Dietz, Markus ^a,b   Hörig, Anja ^a,b  

^a Inst of Anim Ecol and Nat Educ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Myotis bechsteinii; Myotis daubentonii; Reproduction; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPERM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; TRAWLING; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 79952856166     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i1.a2.2011     Document Type: Article

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