Will temperature effects or phenotypic plasticity determine the thermal response of a heterothermic tropical bat to climate change?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Stawski, Clare ^a,b   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

NYCTOPHILUS; NYCTOPHILUS BIFAX;

EID: 84863622617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040278     Document Type: Article

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