Metabolism during winter in a subtropical hibernating bat, the Formosan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros terasensis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-228

  Liu, Jian Nan ^a,b   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ENDEMIC SPECIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

energy expenditure; subtropical bats; torpid metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOSTING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR; WINTER;

HIPPOSIDEROS TERASENSIS; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 84863122851     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-144.1     Document Type: Article

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