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dc.contributor.author | Stawski, Clare | en |
dc.contributor.author | Turbill, Christopher | en |
dc.contributor.author | Geiser, Fritz | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-09T15:58:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 179(4), p. 433-441 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-136X | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0174-1578 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4944 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Knowledge about torpor in free-ranging subtropical bats is scarce and it is widely believed that low and stable ambient temperatures are necessary for prolonged torpor. We present temperature-telemetry data from freeranging male (n = 4) and female (n = 4) subtropical vespertilionid bats, 'Nyctophilus bifax' (~10 g), exposed to pronounced daily Fluctuations of ambient temperature. All bats used torpor on every day in winter and both males and females exhibited multi-day torpor bouts of up to 5.4 days. Although females were larger than males, patterns of torpor were similar in both sexes. Torpor use was correlated with prevailing weather conditions and, on days when bats remained torpid, maximum ambient temperature was significantly lower than on days when bats aroused. Moreover, the duration of interbout normothermic periods at night increased with increasing average nightly ambient temperature. Skin temperature of torpid bats varied by 10.2 ± 3.6°C day⁻¹ (n = 8, N = 47) and daily minimum skin temperature was positively correlated with the daily minimum ambient temperature. Our study shows that prolonged torpor is an important component of the winter ecology of a subtropical bat and that torpor and activity patterns of 'N. bifax' predominantly reflect prevailing weather conditions. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Springer | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Comparative Physiology B | en |
dc.title | Hibernation by a free-ranging subtropical bat ('Nyctophilus bifax') | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00360-008-0328-y | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Zoology | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Animal Physiological Ecology | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Clare | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Christopher | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Fritz | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | cstawsk2@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | cturbi2@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | fgeiser@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20100218-144259 | en |
local.publisher.place | Germany | en |
local.format.startpage | 433 | en |
local.format.endpage | 441 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 65249144412 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 179 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 4 | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Stawski | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Turbill | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Geiser | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:cstawsk2 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:cturbill | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:fgeiser | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0001-7621-5049 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:5060 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Hibernation by a free-ranging subtropical bat ('Nyctophilus bifax') | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Stawski, Clare | en |
local.search.author | Turbill, Christopher | en |
local.search.author | Geiser, Fritz | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000265383800005 | en |
local.year.published | 2009 | en |
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