TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural history, physiology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens (Chiroptera)
AU - Amichai, Eran
AU - Levin, Eran
AU - Kronfeld-Schor, Noga
AU - Roll, Uri
AU - Yom-Tov, Yoram
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Dr. Amit Dolev of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel for use of equipment, good advice and help in the field; to Dr. Benny Shalmon of the National Parks Authority for information and data collection from the Timna colony; to Dr. Leonid Freidman of the Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University for help with insect remains identification; to Hila Yaffe from Kibbutz Neve-Ur, Shmulik Landau of Tel Aviv University and OferAmichai for assistance with radio-telemetry, to Ofir Levy of the Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, for assistance with statistics, and to two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. This research was supported by The Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 232/08 ). UR is supported by the Adams Fellowship Program of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities .
PY - 2013/2/1
Y1 - 2013/2/1
N2 - We used radio-telemetry, observations and physiological measurements to study the basic biology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens in northern Israel from 2009 to 2010. Between late May and early November, the bats occupied abandoned man-made structures in this area. Parturition occurred between late June and mid-July, and juveniles were independent by late August. A. tridens foraged near the roost in a vegetation-rich, cluttered background environment, catching insects flying close to vegetation. Its diet was diverse, with Coleoptera, Heteroptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera being the main diet components. During summer, males and females differed in their foraging patterns and energetic strategies: Lactating females departed for more frequent foraging bouts than males, and maintained euthermy throughout the day, while males became torpid on a daily basis.
AB - We used radio-telemetry, observations and physiological measurements to study the basic biology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens in northern Israel from 2009 to 2010. Between late May and early November, the bats occupied abandoned man-made structures in this area. Parturition occurred between late June and mid-July, and juveniles were independent by late August. A. tridens foraged near the roost in a vegetation-rich, cluttered background environment, catching insects flying close to vegetation. Its diet was diverse, with Coleoptera, Heteroptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera being the main diet components. During summer, males and females differed in their foraging patterns and energetic strategies: Lactating females departed for more frequent foraging bouts than males, and maintained euthermy throughout the day, while males became torpid on a daily basis.
KW - Chiroptera
KW - Energetic strategies
KW - Foraging pattern
KW - Reproductive cycle
KW - Torpor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875378970&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.06.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875378970
SN - 1616-5047
VL - 78
SP - 94
EP - 103
JO - Mammalian Biology
JF - Mammalian Biology
IS - 2
ER -