Continental-scale, seasonal movements of a heterothermic migratory tree bat

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-616

  Cryan, Paul M ^a   Stricker, Craig A ^a,b   Wunder, Michael B ^c  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Deuterium; Geographic origins; Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus; Hydrogen; Isoscapes; Migration; Occurrence data; Seasonal movements; Stable isotopes; White nose syndrome; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

BAT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CRYPSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MAPPING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND TURBINE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; TREE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHIROPTERA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 84903527125     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0752.1     Document Type: Article

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