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Combinations of reproductive, individual, and weather effects best explain torpor patterns among female little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

Besler, Nicole K.; Broders, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), 1972- (Wiley, 2019-05)

Heterothermic mammals can use torpor, a state of metabolic suppression, to conserve energy during times of limited food and poor environmental conditions. Females may use torpor throughout gestation and lactation; however, ...
Combinations of reproductive, individual, and weather effects explain torpor patterns among female little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

Besler, Nicole K. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)

Torpor is a thermoregulatory strategy used by some small mammals to, in part, conserve energy during poor weather conditions and limited food. Some mammalian females may use torpor throughout reproduction, however, there ...

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