Evaporative water loss, spatial distributions, and survival in white-nose-syndrome-affected little brown myotis: A model

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-583

  Ehlman, Sean M ^a   Cox, John J ^a   Crowley, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Dehydration; Disease ecology; Geomyces destructans; Hibernation; Latitudinal variation; Myotis lucifugus; North America; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; DEHYDRATION; ENERGETICS; EVAPORATION; HIBERNATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TORPOR;

NORTH AMERICA;

GEOMYCES; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 84878942058     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-111.1     Document Type: Article

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