Publications

Refereed journal articles

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2023

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Sørås R., Fjelldal MA, Bech C, van der Kooij J, Eldegard K, Stawski C (2023) High latitude northern bats (Eptesicus nilssonii) reveal adaptations to both high and low ambient temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 226:jeb24560. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245260

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Fjelldal MA, Muller AS, Ratikainen I, Stawski C, Wright J (2023) The small-bat-in-summer paradigm: energetics and adaptive behavioural routines of bats investigated through a stochastic dynamic model. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13999 

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Kieffer L, Sørås R, Ciesielski T, Stawski C (2023) Species and reproductive status influence element concentrations in bat fur. Environmental Pollution 333:122092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122092

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Nowack J, Stawski C, Geiser F, Levesque DL (2023) Rare and opportunistic use of torpor in mammals – an echo from the past? Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad067

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Froidevaux JSP, Toshkova N, Barbaro L, Benítez-López A, Kerbiriou C, Le Viol I, Pacifici M, Santini L, Stawski C, Russo D, Dekker J, Alberdi A, Amorim F, Ancillotto L, Barré K, Bas Y, Cantú-Salazar L, Dechmann DKN, Devaux T, Eldegard K, Fereidouni S, Furmankiewicz J, Hamidovic D, Hill DL, Ibáñez C, Julien J-F, Juste J, Kaňuch P, Korine C, Laforge A, Legras G, Leroux C, Lesiński G, Mariton L, Marmet J, Mata VA, Mifsud CM, Nistreanu V, Novella-Fernandez R, Rebelo H, Roche N, Roemer C, Ruczyński I, Sørås R, Uhrin M, Vella A, Voigt CC, Razgour (2023) A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond. Scientific Data 10:253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02157-4

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Nafstad ÅM, Rønning B, Aase K, Ringsby TH, Hagen, IJ, Ranke PS, Kvalnes T, Stawski C, Räsänen K, Sæther B-E, Muff S, Jensen H (2023) Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:650-662. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14164

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2022

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Fjelldal MA, Sørås R, Stawski C, Wright J (2022) Determining the different phases of torpor from skin-or body temperature data in heterotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology 111:103396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103396

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Sørås R, Fjelldal MA, Bech C, van der Kooij J, Skåra KH, Eldegard K, Stawski C (2022) State dependence of arousal from torpor in brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 192:815-827, doi:10.1007/s00360-022-01451-8.

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Fjelldal MA, Sørås R, Stawski C (2022) Universality of Torpor Expression in Bats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 95:326-339, doi:10.1086/720273.

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Chenery M, Geiser F, Stawski C (2022) Thermal biology and roost selection of free-ranging male little forest bats, Vespadelus vulturnus, during winter. Journal of Mammalogy 103:836-834, doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac022.

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Doherty TS, Geary WL, Jolly CJ, Macdonald KJ, Miritis V, Watchorn DJ, Cherry MJ, Conner LM, González TM, Legge SM, Ritchie EG, Stawski C, Dickman CR (2022) Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions. Biological Reviews 97:1539-1558, doi:10.1111/brv.12853.

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2021

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Stawski C, Simmonds EG (2021) Contrasting physiological responses to habitat degradation in two arboreal mammals. iScience, 24:103453, doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.103453.

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Fjelldal MA, Wright J, Stawski C (2021) Nightly torpor use in response to weather conditions and individual state in an insectivorous bat. Oecologia 197:129-142, doi:10.1007/s00442-021-05022-6.

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Skåra KH, Bech C, Fjelldal MA, van Der Kooij J, Sørås R, Stawski C (2021) Energetics of whiskered bats in comparison to other bats of the family Vespertilionidae. Biology Open 10:bio058640, doi:10.1242/bio.058640.

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2020

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Geiser F, Bondarenco A, Currie SE, Doty AC, Körtner G, Law BS, Pavey CR, Riek A, Stawski C, Turbill C, Willis CKR, Brigham RM (2020) Hibernation and daily torpor in Australian and New Zealand bats: Does the climate zone matter? Australian Journal of Zoology 67:316-330, doi:10.1071/ZO20025.

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Stawski C, Geiser F (2020) Growing up in a changing climate: how temperature effects the development of morphological, behavioural and physiological traits of a marsupial mammal. Frontiers in Physiology 11:49, doi:10.3389/fphys.2020.00049. 

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Hume T, Geiser F, Currie SE, Körtner G, Stawski C (2020) Responding to the weather: energy budgeting by a small mammal in the wild. Current Zoology 66:15-20, doi:10.1093/cz/zoz023. 

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2019

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Parker CA, Geiser F, Stawski C (2019) Thermal physiology and activity in relation to reproductive status and sex in a free-ranging semelparous marsupial. Conservation Physiology 7, doi:10.1093/conphys/coz073. 

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Boyles JG, Levesque DL, Nowack J, Wojciechowski MS, Stawski C, Fuller A, Smit B, Tattersall GJ (2019) An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses. Ecology and Evolution 9:12020-12025, doi:10.1002/ece3.5721. 

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Einum S, Ratikainen I, Wright J, Pélabon C, Bech C, Jutfelt F, Stawski C, Burton T (2019) How to quantify thermal acclimation capacity? Global Change Biology 25:1893-1894, doi:10.1111/gcb.14598. 

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Stawski C, Doty AD (2019) A physiological understanding of organismal responses to fire. Current Biology 29:R1-R2, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.025. 

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2018

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Geiser F, Stawski C, Doty AC, Cooper CE, Nowack J (2018) A burning question: what are the risks and benefits of mammalian torpor during and after fires? Conservation Physiology 6:coy057, doi:10.1093/conphys/coy057. 

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Doty A, Currie SE, Stawski C, Geiser F (2018) Can bats sense smoke in deep torpor? Physiology and Behavior 185:31-38, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.12.019. 

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Nowack J, Stawski C, Körtner G, Geiser F (2018) Physiological and behavioral responses of an arboreal mammal to smoke and charcoal-ash substrate. Physiology and Behavior 184:116-121, doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.11.020. 

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Currie SE, Stawski C, Geiser F (2018) Cold-hearted bats: uncoupling of heart rate and metabolism torpor at subzero temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 221, doi:10.1242/jeb.170894. 

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2017

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Stawski C, Koteja P, Sadowska ET (2017) A shift in the thermoregulatory curve as a result of selection for high activity-related aerobic metabolism. Frontiers in Physiology 8:1070, doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.01070. Invited paper. 

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Geiser F, Stawski C, Nowack J, Wacker C (2017) Phoenix from the ashes: fire, torpor, and the evolution of mammalian endothermy. Frontiers in Physiology 8:842, doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00842. Invited paper. 

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Stawski C, Hume T, Körtner G, Currie SE, Nowack J, Geiser F (2017) Post-fire recovery of the behaviour and physiology of a small mammal. Biology Letters 13:20170036, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0036.

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Nowack J, Stawski C, Geiser F (2017) More functions of torpor and their roles in a changing world. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187:889-897, doi:10.1007/s00360-017-1100-y.

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Stawski C, Nowack J, Körtner G, Geiser F (2017) A new cue for torpor induction: charcoal, ash and smoke. Journal of Experimental Biology 220:220-226, doi:10.1242/jeb.146548. Editor’s Choice and featured in Inside JEB.

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Matthews J, Stawski C, Körtner G, Geiser F (2017) Torpor and basking after a severe wildfire: mammalian survival strategies in a scorched landscape. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 187:385-393, doi:10.1007/s00360-016-1039-4.

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2016

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Levesque DL, Nowack J, Stawski C (2016) Modelling mammalian energetics: the heterothermy problem. Climate Change Responses 3:7, doi:10.1186/s40665-016-0022-3. Invited review. 

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Stawski C, Rojas AD (2016) Thermal physiology of a reproductive female marsupial, Antechinus flavipes. Mammal Research 61:417-421, doi:10.1007/s13364-016-0287-8. 

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Nowack J, Delesalle M, Stawski C, Geiser F (2016) Can hibernators sense and evade fires? Olfactory acuity and locomotor performance during deep torpor. The Science of Nature 103:73, doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1396-6. 

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Stawski C, Currie SE (2016) Effect of roost choice on winter torpor patterns of a free-ranging insectivorous bat. Australian Journal of Zoology 64:132-137, doi:10.1071/ZO16030. 

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Doty A, Stawski C, Currie SE, Geiser F (2016) Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat. Journal of Thermal Biology 60:162-170, doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.07.015.

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Stawski C, Körtner G, Nowack J, Geiser F (2016) Phenotypic plasticity of post-fire activity and thermal biology of a small mammal. Physiology and Behavior 159:104-111, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.03.009. 

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Doty A, Stawski C, Law BS, Geiser F (2016) Post-wildfire physiological ecology of an Australian microbat. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 186:937-946, doi:10.​1007/​s00360-016-1003-3.

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2015

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Stawski C, Matthews J, Körtner G, Geiser F (2015) Physiological and behavioural responses of a small heterothermic mammal to fire stimuli. Physiology and Behavior 151:617-622, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.002.

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Stawski C, Valencak TG, Ruf T, Sadowska ET, Dheyongera G, Rudolf A, Maiti U, Koteja P (2015) Effect of selection for high activity-related metabolism on membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition in bank voles. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88:668-679, doi:10.1086/683039. 

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Stawski C, Körtner G, Nowack J, Geiser F (2015) The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire landscape. Biology Letters 11:20150134, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0134. 

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Sadowska ET, Stawski C, Rudolf A, Dheyongera G, Chrząścik KM, Baliga-Klimczyk K, Koteja P (2015) Evolution of basal metabolic rate in bank voles from a multidirectional selection experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:20150025, doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0025. 

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Stawski C, Koteja P, Sadowska ET, Jefimow M, Wojciechowski MS (2015) Selection for high activity-related aerobic metabolism does not alter the capacity of non-shivering thermogenesis in bank voles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 180:51-56, doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.11.003.

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Doty A, Stawski C, Nowack J, Bondarenco A, Geiser F (2015) Increased lyrebird presence in a post-fire landscape. Australian Journal of Zoology 63:9-11, doi:10.1071/ZO14053. 

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2014

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Stawski C, Willis CKR, Geiser F (2014) The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats. Journal of Zoology 292:86-100, doi:10.1111/jzo.12105. Invited review. 

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2012

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Stawski C, Geiser F (2012) Will temperature effects or phenotypic plasticity determine the thermal response of a heterothermic tropical bat to climate change? PLoS ONE 7(7):e40278, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040278. 

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Stawski C (2012) Capture and care of northern long-eared bats (Nyctophilus bifax) and seasonal changes in insect abundance. Australian Mammalogy 34:245-250, doi:10.1071/AM11043. 

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2011

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Stawski C, Geiser F (2011) Do season and distribution affect thermal energetics of a hibernating bat endemic to the tropics and subtropics? American Journal of Physiology 301:R542-R542, doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00792.2010. 

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Geiser F, Stawski C (2011) Hibernation and torpor in tropical and subtropical bats in relation to energetics, extinctions, and the evolution of endothermy. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51:337-348, doi:10.1093/icb/icr042. 

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Geiser F, Stawski C, Bondarenco A, Pavey CR (2011) Torpor and activity in a free-ranging tropical bat: implications for the distribution and conservation of mammals? Naturwissenschaften 98:447-452, doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0779-y. 

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2010

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Stawski C (2010) Torpor during the reproductive season in a free-ranging subtropical bat, Nyctophilus bifax. Journal of Thermal Biology 35:245-249, doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.05.009. 

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Stawski C, Geiser F (2010) Seasonality of torpor patterns and physiological variables of a free-ranging subtropical bat. Journal of Experimental Biology 213:393-399, doi:10.1242/jeb.038224. 

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Stawski C, Geiser F (2010) Fat and fed: frequent use of summer torpor in a subtropical bat. Naturwissenschaften 97:29-35, doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0606-x. 

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2009

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Stawski C, Turbill C, Geiser F (2009) Hibernation by a free-ranging subtropical bat (Nyctophilus bifax). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179:433-441, doi:10.1007/s00360-008-0328-y.

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2006

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Stawski C, Grigg GC, Booth DT, Beard LA (2006) Temperature and the respiratory properties of whole blood in two reptiles, Pogona barbata and Emydura signata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 143:173-183, doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.11.014.