Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats

Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats

Reduction in metabolic rate and body temperature is a common strategy for small endotherms to save energy. The daily reduction in metabolic rate and heterothermy, or torpor, is particularly pronounced in regions with a large variation in daily ambient temperature. This applies most strongly in tempe...

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Main Authors: M. Teague O'Mara, Sebastian Rikker, Martin Wikelski, Andries Ter Maat, Henry S. Pollock, Dina K. N. Dechmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
heterothermy
endothermy
body temperature
energetics
flight
tropics
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.171359

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