• Energetics of whiskered bats in comparison to other bats of the family Vespertilionidae 

      Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Bech, Claus; Fjelldal, Mari Aas; van der Kooij, Jeroen; Sørås, Rune; Stawski, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Bats inhabit a variety of climate types, ranging from tropical to temperate zones, and environmental differences may therefore affect the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of bats from different populations. In the present study, ...
    • Energy management of heterothermic bats at northern latitudes: Understanding the physiological flexibility of bats and how this enables them to live in the northern edge of their distribution 

      Sørås, Rune (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:119, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Understanding how bats manage their energy budgets under different thermal conditions is an important component in understanding the limits of distribution and their ability to cope with environmental changes, such as ...
    • A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond 

      Froidevaux, Jérémy S. P.; Toshkova, Nia; Barbaro, Luc; Benítez-López, Ana; Kerbiriou, Christian; Le Viol, Isabelle; Pacifici, Michela; Santini, Luca; Stawski, Clare; Russo, Danilo; Dekker, Jasja; Alberdi, Antton; Amorim, Francisco; Ancillotto, Leonardo; Barré, Kévin; Bas, Yves; Cantú-Salazar, Lisette; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Devaux, Tiphaine; Eldegard, Katrine; Fereidouni, Sasan; Furmankiewicz, Joanna; Hamidovic, Daniela; Hill, Davina L.; Ibáñez, Carlos; Julien, Jean-François; Juste, Javier; Kaňuch, Peter; Korine, Carmi; Laforge, Alexis; Legras, Gaëlle; Leroux, Camille; Lesiński, Grzegorz; Mariton, Léa; Marmet, Julie; Mata, Vanessa A.; Mifsud, Clare M.; Nistreanu, Victoria; Novella-Fernandez, Roberto; Rebelo, Hugo; Roche, Niamh; Roemer, Charlotte; Ruczyński, Ireneusz; Sørås, Rune; Uhrin, Marcel; Vella, Adriana; Voigt, Christian C.; Razgour, Orly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Knowledge of species’ functional traits is essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, predicting the impacts of global environmental changes, and assessing the efficiency of conservation measures. Bats are major ...
    • State dependence of arousal from torpor in brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus) 

      Sørås, Rune; Fjelldal, Mari Aas; Bech, Claus; van der Kooij, Jeroen; Skåra, Karoline Hansen; Eldegard, Katrine; Stawski, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      To cope with periods of low food availability and unsuitable environmental conditions (e.g., short photoperiod or challenging weather), many heterothermic mammals can readily go into torpor to save energy. However, torpor ...
    • The change of faecal cortisol concentration in two Norwegian bats as an effect of capturing and handling. 

      Hannestad, Helene (Master thesis, 2022)
      Glukokortikoider (GK) er ofte brukt som et mål på stress hos dyr. Om dyret er stresset over en lengre periode kan det få skadelige konsekvenser. GK konsentrasjonen er ofte målt i blodet, men i senere år har målinger fra ...
    • Universality of Torpor Expression in Bats 

      Fjelldal, Mari Aas; Sørås, Rune; Stawski, Clare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Although heterothermy is employed by species at a global level within the order of Chiroptera (bats), the possibility of torpor being expressed in bat species inhabiting warmer climate zones has been explored only in the ...