• Can bats sense smoke during deep torpor? 

      Doty, Anna; Currie, Shannon E; Stawski, Clare; Geiser, Fritz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      While torpor is a beneficial energy-saving strategy, it may incur costs if an animal is unable to respond appropriately to external stimuli, which is particularly true when it is necessary to escape from threats such as ...
    • Cold-hearted bats: uncoupling of heart rate and metabolism during torpor at sub-zero temperatures 

      Currie, Shannon E; Stawski, Clare; Geiser, Fritz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Many hibernating animals thermoregulate during torpor and defend their body temperature (Tb) near 0°C by an increase in metabolic rate. Above a critical temperature (Tcrit), animals usually thermoconform. We investigated ...
    • Responding to the weather: energy budgeting by a small mammal in the wild 

      Hume, Taylor; Geiser, Fritz; Currie, Shannon E; Körtner, Gerhard; Stawski, Clare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Energy conservation is paramount for small mammals because of their small size, large surface area to volume ratio, and the resultant high heat loss to the environment. To survive on limited food resources and to fuel their ...