| bat thermoregulation in the heat: limits to evaporative cooling capacity in three southern african bats. | high environmental temperatures pose significant physiological challenges related to energy and water balance for small endotherms. although there is a growing literature on the effect of high temperatures on birds, comparable data are scarcer for bats. those data that do exist suggest that roost microsite may predict tolerance of high air temperatures. to examine this possibility further, we quantified the upper limits to heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in three southern african ... | 2020 | 32364970 |
| interspecific variation in thermoregulation among three sympatric bats inhabiting a hot, semi-arid environment. | bats in hot roosts experience some of the most thermally challenging environments of any endotherms, but little is known about how heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity vary among species. we investigated thermoregulation in three sympatric species (nycteris thebaica, taphozous mauritianus and sauromys petrophilus) in a hot, semi-arid environment by measuring body temperature (t(b)), metabolic rate and evaporative water loss (ewl) at air temperatures (t(a)) of 10-42 °c. s. petrophilus ... | 2012 | 22740044 |
| roost selection by mauritian tomb bats (taphozus mauritianus) in lilongwe city, malawi - importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning. | increasing urbanisation has led to a greater use of artificial structures by bats as alternative roost sites. despite the widespread presence of bats, roost availability may restrict their distribution and abundance in urban environments. there is limited quantitative information on the drivers of bat roost selection and roosting preferences, particularly in african bats. we explore the factors influencing roost selection in the mauritian tomb bat (taphozous mauritianus), within an urban landsca ... | 2020 | 33151973 |