The Uniqueness of Bats

Bats and Viruses: A New Frontier of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-22

  Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Daily torpor; Diet; Echolocation; Ecosystem services; Flight; Foraging; Heterothermy; Hibernation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017357817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118818824.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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