ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology2013
Some like it cold: summer torpor by freetail bats in the Australian arid zone.
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- Estimating the Impacts of Future Extreme Heat on Dryland Threatened Mammals: An Australian Case Study.Global change biology · 2026Pooled it
- Seasonal changes in 3D space use and foraging strategies in the avivorous batZoological research · 2025Article
- Pronounced differences in heart rate and metabolism distinguish daily torpor and short-term hibernation in two bat species.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Daily torpor reduces the energetic consequences of microhabitat selection for a widespread bat.Ecology · 2022Article
- Disparate roost sites drive intraspecific physiological variation in a Malagasy bat.Oecologia · 2022Article
- Short and hyperthermic torpor responses in the Malagasy bat Macronycteris commersoni reveal a broader hypometabolic scope in heterotherms.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2018Article
- Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
- More functions of torpor and their roles in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2017Review
- How to keep cool in a hot desert: Torpor in two species of free-ranging bats in summer.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2016Article
- Hot bats: extreme thermal tolerance in a desert heat wave.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2014Article
- Field evidence for a proximate role of food shortage in the regulation of hibernation and daily torpor: a review.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2014Review
- Effects of reproductive condition, roost microclimate, and weather patterns on summer torpor use by a vespertilionid bat.Ecology and evolution · 2014Article
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Abstract
Bats are among the most successful groups of Australian arid-zone mammals and, therefore, must cope with pronounced seasonal fluctuations in ambient temperature (T a), food availability and unpredictable weather patterns. As knowledge about the energy conserving strategies in desert bats is scant, we used temperature-telemetry to quantify the thermal physiology of tree-roosting inland freetail bats (Mormopterus species 3, 8.5 g, n = 8) at Sturt National Park over two summers (2010-2012), when T a was high and insects were relatively abundant. Torpor use and activity were affected by T a. Bats remained normothermic on the warmest days; they employed one "morning" torpor bout on most days and typically exhibited two torpor bouts on the coolest days. Overall, animals employed torpor on 67.9 % of bat-days and torpor bout duration ranged from 0.5 to 39.3 h. At any given T a, torpor bouts were longer in Mormopterus than in bats from temperate and subtropical habitats. Furthermore, unlike bats from other climatic regions that used only partial passive rewarming, Mormopterus aroused from torpor using either almost entirely passive (68.9 % of all arousals) or active rewarming (31.1 %). We provide the first quantitative data on torpor in a free-ranging arid-zone molossid during summer. They demonstrate that this desert bat uses torpor extensively in summer and often rewarms passively from torpor to maximise energy and water conservation.
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