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ArticleeLife2017

Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats.

M Teague O'Mara, Martin Wikelski, Christian C Voigt, Andries Ter Maat, Henry S Pollock, Gary Burness, Lanna M Desantis, Dina Kn Dechmann

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Flexible energy-saving strategies in female temperate-zone bats.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2022
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  20. An engineering perspective on the development and evolution of implantable cardiac monitors in free-living animals.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

M Teague O'MaraDepartment of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6951-1648
Martin WikelskiDepartment of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.
Christian C VoigtLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.
Andries Ter MaatDepartment of Behavioural Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Starnberg, Germany.
Henry S PollockProgram in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.
Gary BurnessDepartment of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1695-7179
Lanna M DesantisEnvironmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.
Dina Kn DechmannDepartment of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0043-8267
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · PATrent University · CALeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research · DEMax Planck Institute for Ornithology · DEUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Konstanz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Active flight requires the ability to efficiently fuel bursts of costly locomotion while maximizing energy conservation during non-flying times. We took a multi-faceted approach to estimate how fruit-eating bats (

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Basal MetabolismBradycardiaAnimalsChiropteraHydrocortisoneHydrocortisoneecological physiologyecologyenergeticsflightheart ratetorporUroderma bilobatum

Identifiers

PMID28923167
PMCPMC5605195
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