Many birds and mammals drastically reduce their energy expenditure during times of cold
exposure, food shortage, or drought, by temporarily abandoning euthermia, ie the …

Hibernation is widely regarded as an adaptation to seasonal energy shortage, but the actual
influence of energy availability on hibernation patterns is rarely considered. Here we review …

The impact and implications of climate change for bats Page 1 REVIEW The impact and
implications of climate change for bats Hayley A. SHERWIN School of Biological Sciences …

Climatic shifts to warmer and often drier conditions are challenging terrestrial species
worldwide. These shifts are occurring more rapidly at higher elevations and latitudes, likely …

Climate change is one of the major issues facing natural populations and thus a focus of
recent research has been to predict the responses of organisms to these changes. Models …

Introduction 3. Adaptation to thermal heterogeneity 4. Thermoregulation 4.1. Patterns of
thermoregulatory precision 4.2. Optimal thermoregulation 4.3. Evidence of adaptive …

Many environmental conditions can constrain the ability of animals to obtain sufficient food
energy, or transform that food energy into useful chemical forms. To survive extended …

Hibernation has received considerable attention from physiologists and natural historians,
but theoretical and ecological treatments of hibernation are rarer. There is ample recent …

Torpor and hibernation are powerful strategies enabling animals to survive periods of low
resource availability. The state of torpor results from an active and drastic reduction of an …

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a new disease of bats that has devastated populations in
eastern North America. Infection with the fungus, Geomyces destructans, is thought to …