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dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Jaya Ken
dc.contributor.authorStawski, Clareen
dc.contributor.authorKörtner, Gerharden
dc.contributor.authorParker, Cassandra Aen
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T16:17:00Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Comparative Physiology B, 187(2), p. 385-393en
dc.identifier.issn1432-136Xen
dc.identifier.issn0174-1578en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19875-
dc.description.abstractWildfires can completely obliterate above-ground vegetation, yet some small terrestrial mammals survive during and after fires. As knowledge about the physiological and behavioural adaptations that are crucial for post-wildfire survival is scant, we investigated the thermal biology of a small insectivorous marsupial ('Antechinus flavipes') after a severe forest fire. Some populations of antechinus survived the fire in situ probably by hiding deep in rocky crevices, the only fire-proof sites near where they were trapped. We hypothesised that survival in the post-fire landscape was achieved by decreasing daytime activity and using torpor frequently to save energy. Indeed, daytime activity was less common and torpor expression was substantially higher (≥2-fold) at the post-fire site than observed in an unburnt control site and also in comparison to a laboratory study, both when food was provided ad libitum and withheld. Basking in the post-fire site was also recorded, which was likely used to further reduce energy expenditure. Our data suggest that torpor and basking are used by this terrestrial mammal to reduce energy and foraging requirements, which is important in a landscape where food and shelter are limited and predation pressure typically is increased.en
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dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Comparative Physiology Ben
dc.titleTorpor and basking after a severe wildfire: mammalian survival strategies in a scorched landscapeen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00360-016-1039-4en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Physiological Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameJaya Ken
local.contributor.firstnameClareen
local.contributor.firstnameGerharden
local.contributor.firstnameCassandra Aen
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
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local.profile.emailcstawsk2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailgkoertne@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailfgeiser@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.publisher.placeGermanyen
local.format.startpage385en
local.format.endpage393en
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local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume187en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.title.subtitlemammalian survival strategies in a scorched landscapeen
local.contributor.lastnameMatthewsen
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local.title.maintitleTorpor and basking after a severe wildfireen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/DP130101506en
local.search.authorMatthews, Jaya Ken
local.search.authorStawski, Clareen
local.search.authorKörtner, Gerharden
local.search.authorParker, Cassandra Aen
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
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local.year.published2017en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/7ec11fab-5aad-4e18-8c12-8152fc009ecben
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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