Hibernation temperatures in seven species of sedentary bats (Chiroptera) in northeastern Europe

• Main Authors: Masing, Matti, Lutsar, Lauri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lithuanian Academic e-Library (eLABa) 2007
• Subjects: Bats > Hibernation > Temperatures; Bats > Shelters > Estonia; Šikšnosparniai > Žiemojimas > Tempertūra; Šikšnosparniai > Požemiai > Estija; Kad’; Myotis nattereri
• Online Access: http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:J.04~2007~ISSN_1392-1657.V_17.N_1.PG_47-55

During 30 years of observations carried out in over 1,000 underground and semi-underground bat hibernation sites in Estonia, air temperature was measured near sleeping bats. In 1978, the lower critical temperature of hibernation. (LCT) was determined for two boreal bat species, Plecotus auritus and...