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Changes in Body Condition of Hibernating Bats Support the Thrifty Female Hypothesis and Predict Consequences for Populations with White-Nose Syndrome

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a new disease of bats that has devastated populations in eastern North America. Infection with the fungus, Geomyces destructans, is thought to increase the time bats spend out of torpor during hibernation, leading to starvation. Little is known about hibernation in healt...

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Main Authors: Jonasson, Kristin A., Willis, Craig K. R.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120823/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731647
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021061
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