Bats and white-nose syndrome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6794-6795

  Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; CANADA; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; INSECT; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREY; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; MALE; NOSE;

EID: 84860823920     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204793109     Document Type: Note

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