Data from: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats
Balancing energy budgets can be challenging, especially in periods of food shortage, adverse weather conditions and increased energy demand due to reproduction. Bats have particularly high energy demands compared to other mammals and regularly use torpor to save energy. However, while torpor limits...
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ftdatacite:10.7910/dvn/mhwtts 2023-05-15T18:42:44+02:00 Data from: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats Komar, Ewa Dechmann, Dina Kea Noanoa Fasel, Nicolas Jean Zegarek, Marcin Ruczyński, Ireneusz 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/MHWTTS unknown Harvard Dataverse https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/szh8ce https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/vypvcv https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/ehvtmx https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/fb9ejh https://dx.doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/9k6mcq dataset Dataset 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/szh8ce https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/vypvcv https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/ehvtmx https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/fb9ejh https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/mhwtts/9k6mcq 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Balancing energy budgets can be challenging, especially in periods of food shortage, adverse weather conditions and increased energy demand due to reproduction. Bats have particularly high energy demands compared to other mammals and regularly use torpor to save energy. However, while torpor limits energy expenditure, it can also downregulate important processes, such as sperm production. This constraint could result in a trade-off between energy saving and future reproductive capacity. We mimicked harsh conditions by restricting food and tested the effect on changes in body mass, torpor use and seasonal sexual maturation in male parti-coloured bats (Vespertilio murinus). Food restricted individuals managed to maintain their initial body mass, while in well-fed males, mass increased. Interestingly, despite large differences in food availability, there were only small differences in torpor patterns. However, well-fed males reached sexual maturity up to half a month earlier. Our results thus reveal a complex trade-off in resource allocation; independent of resource availability, males maintain a similar thermoregulation strategy and favour fast sexual maturation, but limited resources and low body mass moderate this later process. Dataset Vespertilio murinus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Balancing energy budgets can be challenging, especially in periods of food shortage, adverse weather conditions and increased energy demand due to reproduction. Bats have particularly high energy demands compared to other mammals and regularly use torpor to save energy. However, while torpor limits energy expenditure, it can also downregulate important processes, such as sperm production. This constraint could result in a trade-off between energy saving and future reproductive capacity. We mimicked harsh conditions by restricting food and tested the effect on changes in body mass, torpor use and seasonal sexual maturation in male parti-coloured bats (Vespertilio murinus). Food restricted individuals managed to maintain their initial body mass, while in well-fed males, mass increased. Interestingly, despite large differences in food availability, there were only small differences in torpor patterns. However, well-fed males reached sexual maturity up to half a month earlier. Our results thus reveal a complex trade-off in resource allocation; independent of resource availability, males maintain a similar thermoregulation strategy and favour fast sexual maturation, but limited resources and low body mass moderate this later process. |
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Komar, Ewa Dechmann, Dina Kea Noanoa Fasel, Nicolas Jean Zegarek, Marcin Ruczyński, Ireneusz Data from: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats |
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Komar, Ewa Dechmann, Dina Kea Noanoa Fasel, Nicolas Jean Zegarek, Marcin Ruczyński, Ireneusz |
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Data from: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats |
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Data from: Food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats |
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data from: food restriction delays seasonal sexual maturation but does not increase torpor use in male bats |
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