Interspecific variation in thermoregulation among three sympatric bats inhabiting a hot, semi-arid environment

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1129-1140

  Cory Toussaint, Dawn ^a   McKechnie, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body temperature; Evaporative water loss; Heat tolerance; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHIROPTERA; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MORMOPTERUS PETROPHILUS; NYCTERIS THEBAICA; TAPHOZOUS MAURITIANUS;

EID: 84870324925     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0683-6     Document Type: Article

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