Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20047
Title: How to keep cool in a hot desert: Torpor in two species of free-ranging bats in summer
Contributor(s): Bondarenco, Artiom (author); Koertner, Gerhard  (author)orcid ; Geiser, Fritz  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2016
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2016.1214334Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20047
Abstract: Small insectivorous tree-roosting bats are among the most taxonomically diverse group of mammals in Australia's desert, yet little is known about their thermal physiology, torpor patterns and roosting ecology, especially during summer. We used temperature-telemetry to quantify and compare thermal biology and roost selection by broad-nosed bats 'Scotorepens greyii' (6.3 g; n = 11) and 'Scotorepens balstoni' (9.9 g; n D 5) in Sturt National Park (NSW Australia) over 3 summers (2010- 13). Both vespertilionids used torpor often and the total time bats spent torpid was ~7 h per day. Bats rewarmed using entirely passive rewarming on 44.8% (S. greyii) and 29.4% (S. balstoni) of all torpor arousals. Both bat species roosted in hollow, cracked dead trees relatively close to the ground (~3 m) in dense tree stands. Our study shows that torpor and passive rewarming are 2 common and likely crucial survival traits of S. greyii and S. balstoni.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Temperature, 3(3), p. 476-483
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 2332-8959
2332-8940
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology
060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310907 Animal physiological ecology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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