Age related variation in the energy costs of torpor in Daubenton's bat: effects on fat accumulation prior to hibernation

Agriculture & Biology

• resting periods 100%
• hibernation 90%
• energy costs 88%
• Chiroptera 77%
• lipids 43%
• bricks 24%
• age structure 20%
• Myotis 13%
• energy expenditure 10%
• oxygen consumption 9%
• food intake 9%
• foraging 8%
• metabolism 5%