What is winter? Modelling spatial variation in bat host traits
and hibernation and their implications for overwintering energetics
C. Reed Hranac1¥, Catherine G.
Haase2+, Nathan W. Fuller3$,
Meredith L. McClure4, Jonathan C.
Marshall5, Cori L. Lausen6, Liam P.
McGuire3^, Sarah H. Olson7, David
T. S. Hayman1
1 Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory,
Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New
Zealand
2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana
State University, Bozeman, USA.
3 Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, USA
4 Conservation Science Partners, Truckee, USA
5 Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey
University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
6 Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Toronto,
Canada
7 Wildlife Conservation Society, Health Program,
Bronx, USA
*Corresponding author:crh244@gmail.com
¥Current affiliation: Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment, Healthcare Associated Infections and
Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Denver, USA
+Current affiliation: Department of Biology, Austin
Peay State University, Clarksville, USA
$Current affiliation: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, Nongame and Rare Species Program, Austin, USA
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada