Ecology of an exceptional roost: Energetic benefits could explain why the bat Lophostoma silvicolum roosts in active termite nests

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1037-1050

  Dechmann, Dina K N ^a,b   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Kerth, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Nasutitermes corniger; Roost making; Temperature; Tonatia silvicola

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; CORNIGER; ISOPTERA; LOPHOSTOMA SILVICOLA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; TONATIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744317081     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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