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. 2022 Apr 5;12:5688. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09692-x

Table 1.

The number of transmitters detected, mean skin temperature (Tsk) during torpor and arousal, and mean torpor (hours) and arousal (minutes) bout durations of four bat species tracked with temperature-sensitive radio transmitters at four cave hibernacula in Tennessee during hibernation (November 1–March 31) of 2016–2019.

Species Number of transmitters detected (no.) Torpor Tsk (°C; x¯ ± SE) Arousal Tsk (°C; x¯ ± SE) Torpor bout duration (h; x¯ ± SE)a Arousal bout duration (min; x¯ ± SE) a
Myotis grisescens 8 13.72 ± 0.60 A 29.01 ± 0.64 A 162.13 ± 48.79AB 84.88 ± 15.08 A
Myotis leibii 2 18.57 ± 0.20 B 32.29 ± 0.67 A 37.67 ± 26.89A 103.75 ± 60.62 A
Myotis sodalis 9 16.48 ± 0.79 BC 28.59 ± 0.38 A 260.67 ± 41.33B 66.94 ± 6.82 A
Perimyotis subflavus 3 14.44 ± 0.36 AC 28.99 ± 0.84 A 72.36 ± 32.16A 79.27 ± 21.04 A

ax¯ ± SE in the same column followed by the same uppercase letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05).