Social thermoregulation exerts more influence than microclimate on forest roost preferences by a cavity-dwelling bat

By C. K. R. Willis, R. Brigham. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2007

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Microclimate in tree cavities and nest-boxes: implications for hole-nesting birds (2017, background): “…study Mammals Trichosurus vulpecula 10 living in > out in ≥ out 7 7 1.0 0-1 Isaac et al. (2008b) Eptesicus fuscus 19 – in > out in < out 8 12 0.7 2-4 Willis and Brigham (2007) Nyctalus noctula/leisleri 12 – in > out in < out 4 12 0.4 4-5 Ruczyński (2006) Plecotus auritus 6 – in > out in < out…”
Do social networks of female northern long-eared bats vary with reproductive period and age? (2010, background): “In addition, female northern long-eared (Myotis septentrionalis) and big brown bats are more likely to repeatedly roost with the same individuals during lactation than other periods (Garroway and Broders 2007; Willis and Brigham 2004, 2007).”
Nonrandom association patterns at northern long- eared bat maternity roosts (2007, background): “For bats, two potential explanations include social thermoregulation (Willis and Brigham 2007) or cooperative interactions (e.g., Kerth and Reckardt 2003; Kerth et al. 2003).”
The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats (2014, background): “In the wild, reproductive females often roost in clusters (Dwyer & Harris, 1972) and this may enable them to minimize or even avoid torpor use while still saving energy by increasing roost Ta (Hamilton & Barclay, 1994; Cryan & Wolf, 2003; Willis & Brigham, 2007; Pretzlaff et al., 2010).”