Evaporative water loss is a plausible explanation for mortality of bats from white-nose syndrome

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-373

  Willis, Craig K R ^a   Menzies, Allyson K ^a   Boyles, Justin G ^b   Wojciechowski, Michał S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MYCOSES; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS NATTERERI;

EID: 80051779929     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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