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Frequent Arousals From Winter Torpor In Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus Rafinesquii), Joseph S. Johnson, Michael J. Lacki, Steven C. Thomas, John F. Grider
Frequent Arousals From Winter Torpor In Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus Rafinesquii), Joseph S. Johnson, Michael J. Lacki, Steven C. Thomas, John F. Grider
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Extensive use of torpor is a common winter survival strategy among bats; however, data comparing various torpor behaviors among species are scarce. Winter torpor behaviors are likely to vary among species with different physiologies and species inhabiting different regional climates. Understanding these differences may be important in identifying differing susceptibilities of species to white-nose syndrome (WNS) in North America. We fitted 24 Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) with temperature-sensitive radio-transmitters, and monitored 128 PIT-tagged big-eared bats, during the winter months of 2010 to 2012. We tested the hypothesis that Rafinesque’s big-eared bats use torpor less often than values …