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dc.contributor.authorTurbill, Christopheren
dc.contributor.authorKörtner, Gerharden
dc.contributor.authorGeiser, Fritzen
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T22:52:48Z-
dc.date.available2022-04-06T22:52:48Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Zoology, 67(6), p. 339-345en
dc.identifier.issn1446-5698en
dc.identifier.issn0004-959Xen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/51534-
dc.description.abstractSmall insectivorous bats commonly use torpor while day-roosting, even in summer. However, reproductive female bats are believed to benefit from avoiding torpor because a constant, elevated body temperature maximises the rate of offspring growth, which could increase offspring survival. We used temperature-sensitive radio-transmitters to locate roosts and document the thermal biology of pregnant and lactating females of <i>Nyctophilus geoffroyi</i> (9 g) and <i>N. gouldi</i> (11 g) at a woodland in a cool temperate climate. Unlike males, reproductive female <i>Nyctophilus</i> spp. roosted as small groups (<25) within insulated tree cavities. Roost switching occurred every 3.7 ± 1.5 (<i>N. geoffroyi</i>) or 1.7 ± 0.8 days (<i>N. gouldi</i>), and radio-tagged individuals roosted together and apart on different days. Skin temperature during roosting was most often between 32 and 36°C, and torpor was used infrequently. Male <i>Nyctophilus</i> have been shown in previous studies to use torpor daily during summer. These contrasting torpor patterns likely reflect the warmed cavities occupied by maternity colonies and the thermally unstable shallow crevices occupied by individual males. Our results support the hypothesis that availability of thermally suitable roosts will influence thermoregulatory patterns of reproductive females and hence the growth rates and survival of their offspring. Thus, it is important to conserve woodland habitat with trees in a range of decay stages to provide opportunities for selection and movement among roost trees by reproductive female bats.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journal of Zoologyen
dc.titleRoost use and thermoregulation by female Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilus geoffroyi and N. gouldi) during pregnancy and lactationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/ZO20036en
local.contributor.firstnameChristopheren
local.contributor.firstnameGerharden
local.contributor.firstnameFritzen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailcturbill@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailgkoertne@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailfgeiser@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.identifier.runningnumberZO20036en
local.format.startpage339en
local.format.endpage345en
local.identifier.scopusid85095438363en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume67en
local.identifier.issue6en
local.contributor.lastnameTurbillen
local.contributor.lastnameKörtneren
local.contributor.lastnameGeiseren
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:gkoertneen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/51534en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleRoost use and thermoregulation by female Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilus geoffroyi and N. gouldi) during pregnancy and lactationen
local.relation.fundingsourcenoteCT was supported during this work by an Australian Postgraduate Award.en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorTurbill, Christopheren
local.search.authorKörtner, Gerharden
local.search.authorGeiser, Fritzen
local.uneassociationYesen
local.atsiresearchNoen
local.sensitive.culturalNoen
local.year.published2019en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/b0621954-1f87-493c-9167-84de6dd82d29en
local.subject.for2020310912 Comparative physiologyen
local.subject.for2020310907 Animal physiological ecologyen
local.subject.seo2020180606 Terrestrial biodiversityen
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