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dc.contributor.authorDoty, Anna Cen
dc.contributor.authorStawski, Clareen
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Shannonen
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T16:42:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Thermal Biology, v.60, p. 162-170en
dc.identifier.issn1879-0992en
dc.identifier.issn0306-4565en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19876-
dc.description.abstractAlthough roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, 'Nyctophilus gouldi' (n=12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations of ambient temperature. Black box temperatures averaged 5.1 °C (maximum 7.5 °C) warmer than white boxes at their maximum daytime temperature. Bats fed ad libitum chose black boxes on most nights (92.9%) and on 100% of nights when food-restricted. All bats used torpor on all study days. However, bats fed ad libitum and roosting in black boxes used shorter torpor and spent more time normothermic/active at night than food-restricted bats and bats roosting in white boxes. Bats roosting in black boxes also rewarmed passively more often and to a higher skin temperature than those in white boxes. Our study suggests that 'N. gouldi' fed ad libitum select warmer roosts in order to passively rewarm to a higher skin temperature and thus save energy required for active midday rewarming as well as to maintain a normothermic body temperature for longer periods at night. This study shows that colour should be considered when deploying bat boxes; black boxes are preferable for those bats that use passive rewarming, even in winter when food availability is reduced.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Thermal Biologyen
dc.titleBlack or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbaten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.07.015en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Physiological Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameAnna Cen
local.contributor.firstnameClareen
local.contributor.firstnameShannonen
local.contributor.firstnameFritzen
local.subject.for2008060806 Animal Physiological Ecologyen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailadoty2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailcstawsk2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailfgeiser@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161102-124022en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage162en
local.format.endpage170en
local.identifier.scopusid84979255636en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume60en
local.contributor.lastnameDotyen
local.contributor.lastnameStawskien
local.contributor.lastnameCurrieen
local.contributor.lastnameGeiseren
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitleBlack or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbaten
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/DP130101506en
local.search.authorDoty, Anna Cen
local.search.authorStawski, Clareen
local.search.authorCurrie, Shannonen
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
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local.identifier.wosid000382349700020en
local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/012752ae-38d2-4f26-9e49-9a3510848b48en
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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