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We assess bioenergetic costs and overheating risk of five artificial roost designs. For endothermic bats, energy expenditure was lower for solar-exposed locations and our enhanced thermal mass box design. Shaded… Click to show full abstract
We assess bioenergetic costs and overheating risk of five artificial roost designs. For endothermic bats, energy expenditure was lower for solar-exposed locations and our enhanced thermal mass box design. Shaded landscape placements reduced energy expenditure for heterothermic bats. Increasing ventilation, surface reflectance, thermal mass and decreasing solar exposure decreased overheating.
Keywords:
evaluating bat;
costs overheating;
overheating risk;
design;
bioenergetic costs
Journal Title: Conservation Physiology
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Conservation Physiology
Year Published: 2022
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