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dc.contributor.authorStawski, Clareen
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Shannonen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-18T15:24:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Zoology, 64(2), p. 132-137en
dc.identifier.issn1446-5698en
dc.identifier.issn0004-959Xen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19854-
dc.description.abstractGould's wattled bat ('Chalinolobus gouldii') is one of only three native Australian mammals with an Australia wide distribution. However, currently no data are available on the thermal physiology of free-ranging 'C. gouldii'. Therefore, we aimed to quantify the effect of roost choice on daily skin temperature fluctuations during winter in 'C. gouldii' living in an agricultural landscape in a temperate region. Ambient conditions consisted of long periods below 0°C and snow. Some individuals roosted high in dead branches whereas one individual roosted in a large cavity located low in a live tree. Torpor was employed on every day of the study period by all bats, with bouts lasting for over five days. The skin temperature of individuals in the dead branches tracked ambient temperature, with skin temperatures below 3°C on 67% of bat-days (lowest recorded -0.2°C). In contrast, the individual in the tree cavity maintained a larger skin ambient temperature differential, likely influenced by the internal cavity temperature. Our study presents the lowest skin temperature recorded for a free-ranging Australian microbat and reveals that roost choice affects the thermal physiology of 'C. gouldii', ensuring survival during periods of cold weather and limited food supply.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journal of Zoologyen
dc.titleEffect of roost choice on winter torpor patterns of a free-ranging insectivorous baten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/zo16030en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Physiological Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameClareen
local.contributor.firstnameShannonen
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.emailcstawsk2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161102-092522en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage132en
local.format.endpage137en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume64en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.contributor.lastnameStawskien
local.contributor.lastnameCurrieen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:cstawsk2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:scurrie4en
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local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:20046en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleEffect of roost choice on winter torpor patterns of a free-ranging insectivorous baten
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorStawski, Clareen
local.search.authorCurrie, Shannonen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/8080319c-6f0c-422d-b307-20e24b3e8301en
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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