Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production
Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production
Loading...
Date
2020
Authors
Editors
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
URI (citable link)
DOI (citable link)
International patent number
Link to the license
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Collections
Title in another language
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published
Published in
Mammalian Biology ; 100 (2020), 6. - pp. 611-620. - Springer. - ISSN 1616-5047. - eISSN 1618-1476
Abstract
Changes in environmental conditions can have strong energetic effects on animals through limited food availability or increased thermoregulatory costs. Especially difficult are periods of increased energy expenditures, such as reproduction. Reproductive female bats from the temperate zone often aggregate in maternity colonies to profit from social thermoregulation to reduce torpor use and buffer the effects of poor conditions. The much rarer male colonies may form for similar reasons during testes development. Male colonies thus allow us to study the influence of environmental conditions on energy budget and colony size, without the confounding effects of parental care. We remotely monitored skin temperature and assessed colony size of male parti-coloured bats Vespertilio murinus during summer, and correlated those variables with environmental conditions and food availability (i.e. insect abundance). As we had hypothesized, we found that colony size increased at colder temperatures, but decreased at low wind speeds. Also as predicted, torpor use was relatively low, however, it did increase slightly during adverse conditions. Male sociality may be an adaptation to adverse environmental conditions during sexual maturation, but the pressure to avoid torpor during spermatogenesis may be lower than in pregnant or lactating females.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
570 Biosciences, Biology
Keywords
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690
HAŁAT, Zuzanna, Dina K. N. DECHMANN, Marcin ZEGAREK, Ireneusz RUCZYŃSKI, 2020. Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production. In: Mammalian Biology. Springer. 100(6), pp. 611-620. ISSN 1616-5047. eISSN 1618-1476. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s42991-020-00071-5BibTex
@article{Haat2020-12respo-51918, year={2020}, doi={10.1007/s42991-020-00071-5}, title={Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production}, number={6}, volume={100}, issn={1616-5047}, journal={Mammalian Biology}, pages={611--620}, author={Hałat, Zuzanna and Dechmann, Dina K. N. and Zegarek, Marcin and Ruczyński, Ireneusz} }
RDF
<rdf:RDF xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/" xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/51918"> <dc:rights>Attribution 4.0 International</dc:rights> <dc:creator>Ruczyński, Ireneusz</dc:creator> <dcterms:issued>2020-12</dcterms:issued> <dc:creator>Zegarek, Marcin</dc:creator> <dc:language>eng</dc:language> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/28"/> <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"/> <dc:contributor>Dechmann, Dina K. N.</dc:contributor> <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2020-11-25T12:59:18Z</dc:date> <dspace:hasBitstream rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/51918/1/Halat_2-d9murv7c98k41.pdf"/> <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2020-11-25T12:59:18Z</dcterms:available> <dc:contributor>Hałat, Zuzanna</dc:contributor> <dc:creator>Dechmann, Dina K. N.</dc:creator> <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/28"/> <dc:contributor>Zegarek, Marcin</dc:contributor> <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/51918/1/Halat_2-d9murv7c98k41.pdf"/> <dc:contributor>Ruczyński, Ireneusz</dc:contributor> <dc:creator>Hałat, Zuzanna</dc:creator> <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">Changes in environmental conditions can have strong energetic effects on animals through limited food availability or increased thermoregulatory costs. Especially difficult are periods of increased energy expenditures, such as reproduction. Reproductive female bats from the temperate zone often aggregate in maternity colonies to profit from social thermoregulation to reduce torpor use and buffer the effects of poor conditions. The much rarer male colonies may form for similar reasons during testes development. Male colonies thus allow us to study the influence of environmental conditions on energy budget and colony size, without the confounding effects of parental care. We remotely monitored skin temperature and assessed colony size of male parti-coloured bats Vespertilio murinus during summer, and correlated those variables with environmental conditions and food availability (i.e. insect abundance). As we had hypothesized, we found that colony size increased at colder temperatures, but decreased at low wind speeds. Also as predicted, torpor use was relatively low, however, it did increase slightly during adverse conditions. Male sociality may be an adaptation to adverse environmental conditions during sexual maturation, but the pressure to avoid torpor during spermatogenesis may be lower than in pregnant or lactating females.</dcterms:abstract> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/> <dcterms:title>Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production</dcterms:title> <bibo:uri rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/51918"/> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
Yes
Refereed
Yes