• DOI:10.1007/s003600050141
Corpus ID: 16870476

Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera)

@article{Bartels1998DailyTA,
  title={Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera)},
  author={W. Bartels and B. Law and F. Geiser},
  journal={Journal of Comparative Physiology B},
  year={1998},
  volume={168},
  pages={233-239}
}

• W. Bartels, B. Law, F. Geiser
• Published 1998
• Biology, Medicine
• Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Abstract Little is known about torpor in the tropics or torpor in megachiropteran species. We investigated thermoregulation, energetics and patterns of torpor in the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (16 g) to test whether physiological variables may explain why its range is limited to tropical regions. Normothermic bats showed a large variation in body temperature (Tb) (33 to 37 °C) over a wide range of ambient temperatures (Tas) and a relatively low basal metabolic rate (1.29 ml O2 g… Expand

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