White-nose syndrome increases torpid metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in hibernating bats
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Evaporative water loss is a plausible explanation for mortality of bats from white-nose syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0363-6119,1522-1490
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00058.2017