... Perimyotis subflavus. Body composition Torpor Perimyotis subflavus Potential evaporative water loss Water vapor deficit White-nose syndrome National Fish and Wildlife Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007430 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://dx.doi.org/10.13039...

...Charleve S. Carey; Justin G. Boyles ABSTRACT Pseudogymnoascus destructans is the causative fungal agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), an emerging fungal-borne epizootic. WNS is responsible for a catastrophic decline of hibernating bats in North America, yet we have limited understanding...

... a bat's ability to gain sufficient body mass before hibernation. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 25 8 2012 28 12 2012 © 2013. 2013 energetics chiroptera white-nose syndrome wing damage Experiments complied with current laws in Costa Rica...

... information on the energetics of hibernation in an under-represented taxon and baseline data important for understanding how white-nose syndrome, a new disease devastating populations of hibernating bats in North America, may alter the expression of hibernation in affected bats. Fig. 3. Negative...