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Bats on a Budget: Torpor-Assisted Migration Saves Time and Energy

Bats and birds must balance time and energy budgets during migration. Migrating bats face similar physiological challenges to birds, but nocturnality creates special challenges for bats, such as a conflict between travelling and refueling, which many birds avoid by feeding in daylight and flying at...

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Autores principales: McGuire, Liam P., Jonasson, Kristin A., Guglielmo, Christopher G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115724