
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Geiser, F 
A1  - Körtner, G 
A1  - Law, BS 
T1  - Daily Torpor In A Pregnant Common Blossom-Bat (Syconycteris Australis: Megachiroptera)
JF  - Australian Mammalogy
JO  - Aust. Mammalogy
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
SP  - 53
EP  - 56
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AM01053 
N2  - TORPOR and reproduction in mammals are widely viewed as mutually exclusive processes. For most mammals, different energetic and hormonal demands appear to require a temporal sequence of torpor and reproduction within the yearly schedule. Torpor is characterised by a pronounced fall in body temperature and metabolic rate, which results in an overall reduction of energy expenditure (Geiser and Ruf 1995) and in most mammals occurs during the non-reproductive season (Goldman et al. 1986; Barnes 1996). Reproduction, on the other hand, requires an increase of energy expenditure for acquiring, processing and transfer of nutrients to the growing offspring (Hoffman 1964; Goldman et al. 1986; Thompson and Nicoll 1986; Kenagy et al. 1989; Barnes 1996). 
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