Body temperature and body mass of hibernating little brown bats Myotis lucifugus in hibernacula affected by white-nose syndrome

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Storm, Jonathan J ^a   Boyles, Justin G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geomyces destructans; Hibernation; Immune response; Psychrophilic fungus; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FAT; HIBERNATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SKIN; WHITE NOISE;

UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 79952906566     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-010-0018-5     Document Type: Article

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