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dc.contributor.authorNowack, Juliaen
dc.contributor.authorRojas, A Daniellaen
dc.contributor.authorKoertner, Gerharden
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-02T10:48:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports, v.5, p. 1-6en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20600-
dc.description.abstractAlthough storms provide an extreme environmental challenge to organisms and are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change, there are no quantitative observations on the behaviour and physiology of animals during natural disasters. We provide the first data on activity and thermal biology of a free-ranging, arboreal mammal during a storm with heavy rain and category 1 cyclone wind speeds. We studied a population of sugar gliders ('Petaurus breviceps'), a species vulnerable to bad weather due to their small body size and mode of locomotion, in a subtropical habitat during spring when storms are common. Although torpor is generally rare in this species, sugar gliders remained inactive or reduced foraging times during the storm and further minimized energy demands by entering deep torpor. All animals survived the storm and reverted to normal foraging activity during the following night(s). It thus appears that heterothermic mammals have a crucial adaptive advantage over homeothermic species as they can outlast challenging weather events, such as storms and floods, by reducing metabolism and thus energetic needs.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reportsen
dc.titleSnoozing through the storm: torpor use during a natural disasteren
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep11243en
dcterms.accessRightsGolden
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Physiological Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnameJuliaen
local.contributor.firstnameA Daniellaen
local.contributor.firstnameGerharden
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.schoolEnvironmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailjnowack@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailarojas2@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.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.identifier.runningnumber11243en
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local.format.endpage6en
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local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume5en
local.title.subtitletorpor use during a natural disasteren
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local.contributor.lastnameNowacken
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local.title.maintitleSnoozing through the stormen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorNowack, Juliaen
local.search.authorRojas, A Daniellaen
local.search.authorKoertner, Gerharden
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
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local.identifier.wosid000356501400001en
local.year.published2015en
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
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