Changes in body condition of hibernating bats support the thrifty female hypothesis and predict consequences for populations with white-nose syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jonasson, Kristin A ^a   Willis, Craig K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS; HIBERNATION; MALE; MATING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79959443236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021061     Document Type: Article

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