Frequent arousal from hibernation linked to severity of infection and mortality in bats with white-nose syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Reeder, DeeAnn M ^a   Frank, Craig L ^b   Turner, Gregory G ^c   Meteyer, Carol U ^d   Kurta, Allen ^e   Britzke, Eric R ^f   Vodzak, Megan E ^a   Darling, Scott R ^g   Stihler, Craig W ^h   Hicks, Alan C ⁱ   Jacob, Roymon ^a   Grieneisen, Laura E ^a   Brownlee, Sarah A ^a   Muller, Laura K ^d   Blehert, David S ^d  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^g Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department   (United States)

^h West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS; HIBERNATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; NOSE; SKIN;

EID: 84862661450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038920     Document Type: Article

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