The resistance of a North American bat species (Eptesicus fuscus) to White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Frank, Craig L ^a   Michalski, Andrew ^a   McDonough, Anne A ^a   Rahimian, Marjon ^a   Rudd, Robert J ^b   Herzog, Carl ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BAT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; VETERINARY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HIBERNATION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84914127099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113958     Document Type: Article

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