The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-100

  Stawski, C ^a,b   Willis, C K R ^c   Geiser, F ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat; Chiroptera; Disease; Heterothermy; Hibernation; Reproduction; Torpor; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD; FRUIT; HEAT PRODUCTION; HIBERNATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; NECTAR; PATHOGEN; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TORPOR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84892853077     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12105     Document Type: Article

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