The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats

Altitudinal migration in bats: evidence, patterns, and drivers

(2013) Liam P. McGuire et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Pathophysiology of white-nose syndrome in bats: a mechanistic model linking wing damage to mortality

(2013) L. Warnecke et al.   Biology Letters

Hibernation

(2013) Fritz Geiser   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Staying cold through dinner: cold-climate bats rewarm with conspecifics but not sunset during hibernation

(2013) Zenon J. Czenze et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Some like it cold: summer torpor by freetail bats in the Australian arid zone

(2013) Artiom Bondarenco et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Waking to drink: rates of evaporative water loss determine arousal frequency in hibernating bats

(2013) M. Ben-Hamo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thermoregulation during reproduction in the solitary, foliage-roosting hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)

(2013) Brandon J. Klug et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Electrolyte Depletion in White-nose Syndrome Bats

(2013) Paul M. Cryan et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Balancing the Energy Budget in Free-Ranging Male Myotis daubentonii Bats

(2013) Nina I. Becker et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Behavioural impacts of torpor expression: A transient effect in captive eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

(2013) Amy B. Thompson et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Hibernating Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) Show Variable Immunological Responses to White-Nose Syndrome

(2013) Marianne S. Moore et al.   PLoS One

A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special?

(2013) A. D. Luis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Distribution and Environmental Persistence of the Causative Agent of White-Nose Syndrome, Geomyces destructans, in Bat Hibernacula of the Eastern United States

(2012) Jeffrey M. Lorch et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cool running: locomotor performance at low body temperature in mammals

(2012) A. D. Rojas et al.   Biology Letters

Sociality, density-dependence and microclimates determine the persistence of populations suffering from a novel fungal disease, white-nose syndrome

(2012) Kate E. Langwig et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The influence of reproductive hormones on the torpor patterns of the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: Bet-hedging in an unpredictable environment

(2012) B.M. McAllan et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Summer heterothermy in Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) roosting in tree cavities in bottomland hardwood forests

(2012) Joseph S. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Interspecific variation in thermoregulation among three sympatric bats inhabiting a hot, semi-arid environment

(2012) Dawn Cory Toussaint et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

The tradeoff between torpor use and reproduction in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

(2012) Yvonne A. Dzal et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Hibernation energetics of free-ranging little brown bats

(2012) Kristin A. Jonasson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thermoregulation in male temperate bats depends on habitat characteristics

(2012) Jorge A. Encarnação et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Frequent Arousal from Hibernation Linked to Severity of Infection and Mortality in Bats with White-Nose Syndrome

(2012) DeeAnn M. Reeder et al.   PLoS One

Will Temperature Effects or Phenotypic Plasticity Determine the Thermal Response of a Heterothermic Tropical Bat to Climate Change?

(2012) Clare Stawski et al.   PLoS One

Inoculation of bats with European Geomyces destructans supports the novel pathogen hypothesis for the origin of white-nose syndrome

(2012) L. Warnecke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative Analysis of Bat Genomes Provides Insight into the Evolution of Flight and Immunity

(2012) G. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Ecology of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Bats: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

(2012) D. T. S. Hayman et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Acting fast helps avoid extinction

(2012) Tara G. Martin et al.   Conservation Letters

Ecosystem services provided by bats

(2011) Thomas H. Kunz et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Hibernation and Torpor in Tropical and Subtropical Bats in Relation to Energetics, Extinctions, and the Evolution of Endothermy

(2011) F. Geiser et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Evaporative Water Loss Is a Plausible Explanation for Mortality of Bats from White-Nose Syndrome

(2011) C. K. R. Willis et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Warming up for dinner: torpor and arousal in hibernating Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri) studied by radio telemetry

(2011) Paul R. Hope et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Hematological Survey of Common Neotropical Bat Species from Costa Rica

(2011) Martin Schinnerl et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

Torpor and activity in a free-ranging tropical bat: implications for the distribution and conservation of mammals?

(2011) Fritz Geiser et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Changes in Body Condition of Hibernating Bats Support the Thrifty Female Hypothesis and Predict Consequences for Populations with White-Nose Syndrome

(2011) Kristin A. Jonasson et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in Heterothermic Bats

(2011) Lihong Yuan et al.   PLoS One

Hibernation is associated with increased survival and the evolution of slow life histories among mammals

(2011) C. Turbill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mass extinctions, biodiversity and mitochondrial function: are bats ‘special’ as reservoirs for emerging viruses?

(2011) Lin-Fa Wang et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

White-Nose Syndrome Inflicts Lasting Injuries to the Wings of Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

(2010) Jonathan D. Reichard et al.   ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA

Wing pathology of white-nose syndrome in bats suggests life-threatening disruption of physiology

(2010) Paul M Cryan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Correlates of Viral Richness in Bats (Order Chiroptera)

(2010) Amy S. Turmelle et al.   EcoHealth

Hibernation in warm hibernacula by free-ranging Formosan leaf-nosed bats, Hipposideros terasensis, in subtropical Taiwan

(2010) Jian-Nan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Thermoregulatory variation among populations of bats along a latitudinal gradient

(2010) Miranda B. Dunbar et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Feasting, fasting and freezing: energetic effects of meal size and temperature on torpor expression by little brown bats Myotis lucifugus

(2010) A. L. Matheson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Seasonality of torpor patterns and physiological variables of a free-ranging subtropical bat

(2010) C. Stawski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thermobiology, energetics and activity patterns of the Eastern tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) in the Australian tropics: effect of temperature and lunar cycle

(2010) A. Riek et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hibernation: the immune system at rest?

(2010) Hjalmar R. Bouma et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Torpor during the reproductive season in a free-ranging subtropical bat, Nyctophilus bifax

(2010) Clare Stawski   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Sex differences in the use of daily torpor and foraging time by big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) during the reproductive season

(2010) L. Grinevitch et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Communally breeding bats use physiological and behavioural adjustments to optimise daily energy expenditure

(2010) Iris Pretzlaff et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Adaptive evolution of energy metabolism genes and the origin of flight in bats

(2010) Y.-Y. Shen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Emerging Disease Causes Regional Population Collapse of a Common North American Bat Species

(2010) W. F. Frick et al.   SCIENCE

Bats and birds: Exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

(2009) Jason Munshi-South et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Hibernation by a free-ranging subtropical bat (Nyctophilus bifax)

(2009) Clare Stawski et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Causes of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Hypotheses and Predictions

(2009) Paul M. Cryan et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The distribution of the Greater horse-shoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, during hibernation, in relation to environmental factors

(2009) R. D. Ransome   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Heterothermy in free-ranging male Egyptian Free-tailed bats (Tadarida aegyptiaca) in a subtropical climate

(2009) Dawn Cory Toussaint et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Fat and fed: frequent use of summer torpor in a subtropical bat

(2009) Clare Stawski et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Hibernation and daily torpor minimize mammalian extinctions

(2009) Fritz Geiser et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The Use of Torpor in Reproductive Female Hemprich’s Long‐Eared Bats (Otonycteris hemprichii)

(2009) Shai Daniel et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Hear, hear: the convergent evolution of echolocation in bats?

(2009) Emma C. Teeling   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Barotrauma is a significant cause of bat fatalities at wind turbines

(2008) Erin F. Baerwald et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Thermal benefits of clustering during hibernation: a field test of competing hypotheses onMyotis sodalis

(2008) J. G. Boyles et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hibernation by tree-roosting bats

(2008) Christopher Turbill et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Timing of the daily temperature cycle affects the critical arousal temperature and energy expenditure of lesser long-eared bats

(2008) C. Turbill et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Torpor Use by Free-Ranging Pallid Bats (Antrozous pallidus) at the Northern Extent of Their Range

(2008) Daniela A. Rambaldini et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Winter activity of Australian tree-roosting bats: influence of temperature and climatic patterns

(2008) C. Turbill   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

(2008) D. S. Blehert et al.   SCIENCE