Torpor and activity in a free-ranging tropical bat: Implications for the distribution and conservation of mammals?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Geiser, Fritz ^a   Stawski, Clare ^a   Bondarenco, Artiom ^a   Pavey, Chris R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat heterothermy; Body temperature; Energy conservation; Mammal distribution; Mammal extinctions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; BIOTELEMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION; INSECTIVORE; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; NYCTOPHILUS GEOFFROYI;

EID: 79955630741     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0779-y     Document Type: Article

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