Intraspecific variation in animal energy and water balances may play an important role in
local adaptation of populations to specific habitats such as deserts. We examined Kuhl's …

Life in deserts is challenging for bats because of their relatively high energy and water
requirements; nevertheless bats thrive in desert environments. We postulated that bats from …

The relative contributions of respiratory and cutaneous evaporation to total evaporative
water loss (TEWL) and how the partitioning of these two avenues varies with environmental …

Total evaporative water loss is the sum of respiratory water loss (RWL) and cutaneous water
loss (CWL) and constitutes the main avenue of water loss in bats. Because bats fly and have …

The maintenance of water balance in arid environments might represent a formidable
challenge for Chiroptera, since they have high surface-to-volume ratios. In deserts, bats …

Hibernation is a period of water deficit for some small mammals, and humidity strongly
influences hibernation patterns. Dry conditions reduce length of torpor bouts, stimulate …

We measured total evaporative water loss (EWL) for little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
hibernating at 2° and 4° C. Total EWL was not influenced by body mass or temperature but …

Simultaneous measures of oxygen consumption and evaporative water loss (EWL) were
made in two species of temperate‐zone vespertilionid bat (Plecotus auritus and Myotis …

The ghost bat, Macroderma gigas, and the orange leaf-nosed bat, Rhinonycteris aurantius,
occupy similar ranges across northern Australia and are often found in the same roost …