Deeply torpid bats can change position without elevation of body temperature

Because body temperature is tightly coupled to physiological function, hibernating animals entering deep torpor are typically immobile. We analysed thermal behaviour and locomotory activity of hibernating greater mouse-eared bats Myotis myotis and found two types of movement behaviour related to bod...

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Published in:Journal of thermal biology 2017-01, Vol.63, p.119-123
Main Authors: Bartonička, Tomáš, Bandouchova, Hana, Berková, Hana, Blažek, Ján, Lučan, Radek, Horáček, Ivan, Martínková, Natália, Pikula, Jiri, Řehák, Zdeněk, Zukal, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bats
Behavior, Animal
Body Temperature
Chiroptera
Chiroptera - physiology
Cold Temperature
Flight
Hibernation
Locomotion
Locomotor performance
Movement
Myotis myotis
Temperature effects
Torpor
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Summary:Because body temperature is tightly coupled to physiological function, hibernating animals entering deep torpor are typically immobile. We analysed thermal behaviour and locomotory activity of hibernating greater mouse-eared bats Myotis myotis and found two types of movement behaviour related to body temperature, i.e. movement at high fur temperature and at low fur temperatures (Tflow;
ISSN:0306-4565
1879-0992
DOI:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.12.005