Balancing the energy budget in free-ranging male Myotis daubentonii bats

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-369

  Becker, Nina I ^a,b   Tschapka, Marco ^a,c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,c   Encarnaćão, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPENSATION; DIGESTION; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INSECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERMANY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASON; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERMANY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; TELEMETRY;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 84876969782     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670527     Document Type: Article

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