Influence of temperature in roost selection by Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Chiroptera): relevance for the design of bat boxes

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Use of artificial tree hollows by Australian birds and bats (2009, background): “The insulating ability of nest boxes may be significant to the requirements of bats, which are thought to use hollows that facilitate thermoregulation (Gibbons and Lindenmayer 2002; Lourenço and Palmeirim 2004).”
The value of bat-boxes in the conservation of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in wetland rice paddies (2006, background): “As has been proved experimentally, P. pygmaeus is very sensitive to temperature changes, despite being a heat-tolerant species (Lourenço and Palmeirim, 2004) and so a preference for boxes more exposed to the sun is to be expected.”
Characteristics of tree hollows used by Australian birds and bats (2009, result): “This is consistent with what has been found in many species of microbat in North America and Europe (see Vaughan and O’Shea 1976; Brittingham and Williams 2000; Kerth et al. 2001; Lourenço and Palmeirim 2004; Ruczynski 2006) and this requirement leads to selection of roost sites, at least for part o”
Climate change‐linked range expansion of Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) (2010, background): “Within roosts, small changes in temperature can have significant effects on activity and physiology (Lourenço & Palmeirim, 2004; Smith & Racey, 2005).”