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

Name: The heat is on: Thermoregulatory and evaporative cooling patterns of desert-dwelling bats.
Creator: Ruvinda de Mel
Published: 2024-01-31T13:59:50.106Z
Keywords: Environmental Physiology, Thermoregulation in Animals

de Mel, Ruvinda; Moseby, Katherine; Stewart, Kathleen; Rankin, Kate; Czenze, Zenon

doi:10.17632/d8s87hgs7h.1

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

Published: 31 January 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/d8s87hgs7h.1

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Ruvinda de Mel, Katherine Moseby, Kathleen Stewart, Kate Rankin, Zenon Czenze

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We investigated the thermoregulatory patterns of desert dwelling Lesser long-eared bats (Nyctophilus geoffroyi). Our results indicate that females are better adapted to conserve water than males and that they delay the onset of evaporative cooling than any other bat species yet studied.

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

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