The tradeoff between torpor use and reproduction in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

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

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Dzal, Yvonne A ^a,b   Brigham, R Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Foraging; Myotis lucifugus; Reproduction; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873248463     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0705-4     Document Type: Article

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