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Feeding activity of the northern bat Eptesicus nilssoni during pregnancy and lactation
Authors:Jens Rydell
Affiliation:(1) Department of Ecology, University of Lund, Helgonavägen 5, S-22362 Lund, Sweden
Abstract:Summary Female northern bats emerged at dusk to feed when aerial insect density was 0.1 m-3 or higher. A model suggests that this is the threshold level above which foraging may be energetically profitable. Insect density was determined mainly by air temperature, and reached the threshold level at 6–10°C. Mean temperature during early summer in six years was correlated with the date of parturition. This suggests that periods when foraging was not energetically profitable were spent in torpor.
Keywords:Insectivorous bats  Energetics  Feeding  Insect activity  Gestation
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