Authors
Maria Mas, Carles Flaquer, Xavier Puig-Montserrat, Xavier Porres, Hugo Rebelo, Adrià López-Baucells
Publication date
2022/7/1
Journal
Science of the Total Environment
Volume
828
Pages
154403
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Bat arousals during hibernation are related to rises in environmental temperature, body water loss and increasing body heat. Therefore, bats either hibernate in cold places or migrate to areas with mild winters to find water and insects to intake. During winter, insects are relatively abundant in wetlands with mild climates when low temperatures hamper insect activity in other places.
However, the role of wetlands to sustain winter bat activity has never been fully assessed. To further understand bat behaviour during hibernation, we evaluated how the weather influenced hibernating bats, assessed the temperature threshold that increased bat arousals, and discussed how winter temperatures could affect bat activity under future climate change scenarios.
The effects of weather and landscape composition on winter bat activity were assessed by acoustically sampling four different habitats (wetlands, rice paddies, urban …
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