The heat is on: Thermoregulatory and evaporative cooling patterns of desert-dwelling bats

The heat is on: Thermoregulatory and evaporative cooling patterns of desert-dwelling bats

For small endotherms inhabiting desert ecosystems, defending body temperatures (Tb) is challenging as they contend with extremely high ambient temperatures (Ta) and limited standing water. In the arid zone, bats may thermoconform whereby Tb varies with Ta, or may evaporatively cool themselves to mai...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of thermal biology 2024-07, Vol.123, p.103919, Article 103919
Hauptverfasser: de Mel, Ruvinda K., Moseby, Katherine E., Stewart, Kathleen A., Rankin, Kate E., Czenze, Zenon J.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arid zone
arid zones
Australia
Bats
body weight
Chiroptera
cooling
endothermy
energy
Evaporative water loss
heat
Heat tolerance limit
species
summer
telemetry
temperature
Thermoregulation
Water balance
water conservation
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Zusammenfassung:For small endotherms inhabiting desert ecosystems, defending body temperatures (Tb) is challenging as they contend with extremely high ambient temperatures (Ta) and limited standing water. In the arid zone, bats may thermoconform whereby Tb varies with Ta, or may evaporatively cool themselves to maintain Tb 
ISSN:0306-4565
DOI:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.103919