Evidence of latitudinal migration in tri-colored bats, perimyotis subflavus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fraser, Erin E ^a   McGuire, Liam P ^a   Eger, Judith L ^b   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; RAIN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUR; GROWING SEASON; HIBERNATION; INFORMATION CENTER; LATITUDE; LATITUDINAL MIGRATION; MALE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINTER; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857491740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031419     Document Type: Article

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