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dc.contributor.authorStawski, Clareen
dc.contributor.authorKoertner, Gerharden
dc.contributor.authorNowack, Juliaen
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-18T15:15:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationPhysiology & Behavior, v.159, p. 104-111en
dc.identifier.issn1873-507Xen
dc.identifier.issn0031-9384en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19853-
dc.description.abstractEcosystems can change rapidly and sometimes irreversibly due to a number of anthropogenic and natural factors, such as deforestation and fire. How individual animals exposed to such changes respond behaviourally and physiologically is poorly understood. We quantified the phenotypic plasticity of activity patterns and torpor use - a highly efficient energy conservation mechanism - in brown antechinus ('Antechinus stuartii'), a small Australian marsupial mammal. We compared groups in densely vegetated forest areas (pre-fire and control) with a group in a burned, open habitat (post-fire). Activity and torpor patterns differed among groups and sexes. Females in the post-fire group spent significantly less time active than the other groups, both during the day and night. However, in males only daytime activity declined in the post-fire group, although overall activity was also reduced on cold days in males for all groups. The reduction in total or diurnal activity in the post-fire group was made energetically possible by a ~3.4-fold and ~2.2-fold increase in the proportion of time females and males, respectively, used torpor in comparison to that in the pre-fire and control groups. Overall, likely due to reproductive needs, torpor was more pronounced in females than in males, but low ambient temperatures increased torpor bout duration in both sexes. Importantly, for both male and female antechinus and likely other small mammals, predator avoidance and energy conservation - achieved by reduced activity and increased torpor use - appear to be vital for post-fire survival where ground cover and refuges have been obliterated.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Incen
dc.relation.ispartofPhysiology & Behavioren
dc.titlePhenotypic plasticity of post-fire activity and thermal biology of a free-ranging small mammalen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.03.009en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Physiological Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameClareen
local.contributor.firstnameGerharden
local.contributor.firstnameJuliaen
local.contributor.firstnameFritzen
local.subject.for2008060806 Animal Physiological Ecologyen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailcstawsk2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailgkoertne@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailjnowack@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailfgeiser@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161102-092251en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage104en
local.format.endpage111en
local.identifier.scopusid85008600452en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume159en
local.contributor.lastnameStawskien
local.contributor.lastnameKoertneren
local.contributor.lastnameNowacken
local.contributor.lastnameGeiseren
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitlePhenotypic plasticity of post-fire activity and thermal biology of a free-ranging small mammalen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/DP130101506en
local.search.authorStawski, Clareen
local.search.authorKoertner, Gerharden
local.search.authorNowack, Juliaen
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
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local.identifier.wosid000375505000014en
local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/104876d4-8742-4d82-b42f-c6e9dc2ebfb4en
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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