Publications
2024
Schmidt, R., Zummach, C., Sinai, N., Sabino-Pinto, J., Kuenzel, S., Dausmann, K. H., & Ruthsatz, K. (2024). Between a Warm Winter and a Cold Spell: Physiological Responses to Changing Winter Climate in Amphibians (p. 2024.01.03.574103). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.03.574103
2023
Mausberg, N., K.H. Dausmann, J. Glos. 2023. In search of suitable breeding sites: habitat heterogeneity and environmental filters determine anuran diversity of western Madagascar. Animals 13: 3744. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13233744
Wist, B., Montero, B. K., & Dausmann, K. H. (2023). City comfort: Weaker metabolic response to changes in ambient temperature in urban red squirrels. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28624-x
Dausmann, K. H., Körtner, G., Aharon-Rotman, Y., Currie, S. E., & Geiser, F. (2023). Flexible Employment of Torpor in Squirrel Gliders ( Petaurus norfolcensis ): An Adaptation to Unpredictable Climate? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 96(1), 62–74. https://doi.org/10.1086/722131
Nowack J, Mzilikazi N, Dausmann KH (2023) Saving energy via short and shallow torpor bouts. Journal of Thermal Biology 114: 103572 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103572
Bethge, J., Razafimampiandra, J. C., Wulff, A., & Dausmann, K. H. (2023). Seasonal changes in the parasite prevalence of a small Malagasy lemur species ( Lepilemur edwardsi ). Integrative Zoology, 1749-4877.12647. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12647
2022
Dausmann KH, Reher S, Bethge J (2022) Heterothermy in Malagasy Mammals. In: Goodman SM (ed) The new Natural History of Madagascar. Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp 1798-1805 https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691222622/the-new-natural-history-of-madagascar
Bethge J, Razafimampiandra JC, Ruthsatz K, Fietz J, Dausmann KH (2022) Season and reproductive activity influence cortisol levels in the Malagasy primate Lepilemur edwardsi. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 1– 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2658
Reher, S., Rabarison, H., Nowack, J., & Dausmann, K. H. (2022). Limited Physiological Compensation in Response to an Acute Microclimate Change in a Malagasy Bat. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 779381. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.779381
Reher, S., Rabarison, H., Montero, B. K., Turner, J. M., & Dausmann, K. H. (2022). Disparate roost sites drive intraspecific physiological variation in a Malagasy bat. Oecologia, 198(1), 35–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05088-2
Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Peck MA, Glos J (2022) Thermal tolerance and acclimation capacity in the European common frog (Rana temporaria) change throughout ontogeny. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2582
Wist, B., Stolter, C., & Dausmann, K. H. (2022). Sugar addicted in the city: Impact of urbanisation on food choice and diet composition of the Eurasian red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris ). Journal of Urban Ecology, 8(1), juac012. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juac012
2021
Bethge, J., Razafimampiandra, J. C., Wulff, A., & Dausmann, K. H. (2021). Sportive lemurs elevate their metabolic rate during challenging seasons and do not enter regular heterothermy. Conservation Physiology, 9(1), coab075. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab075
Dausmann KH (2021) Die beste Energie ist die, die nicht verbraucht wird. In: Pyritz L (ed) Madagaskar – Von Makis, Menschen und einem bedrohten Paradies. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 302-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61590-4
Reher, S., & Dausmann, K. H. (2021). Tropical bats counter heat by combining torpor with adaptive hyperthermia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1942), 20202059. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2059
Pretzlaff I, Radchuk V, Turner JM, Dausmann KH (2021) Flexibility in thermal physiology and behaviour allows body mass maintenance in hibernating hazel dormice. Journal of Zoology 314: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12862
2020
Dausmann KH, Levesque D, Wein J, Nowack J (2020) Ambient temperature cycles affect daily torpor and hibernation patterns in Malagasy tenrecs. Frontiers in Integrative Physiology 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00522
Nowack J, Dill V, Dausmann KH (2020) Open-flow respirometry under field conditions: How does the airflow through the nest influence our results? Journal of Thermal Biology 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102667
Nowack J, Levesque DL, Reher S, Dausmann KH (2020). Variable climates lead to varying phenotypes: ‘weird’ mammalian torpor and lessons from non-Holarctic species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00522
Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Drees C, Becker LI, Hartmann L, Reese J, Reinhardt S, Robinson T, Sabatino NM, Peck MA, Glos J (2020) Altered thyroid hormone levels affect the capacity for temperature-induced developmental plasticity in larvae of Rana temporaria and Xenopus laevis. Journal of Thermal Biology 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102599
Ruthsatz, K., Dausmann, K. H., Paesler, K., Babos, P., Sabatino, N. M., Peck, M. A., & Glos, J. (2020). Shifts in sensitivity of amphibian metamorphosis to endocrine disruption: The common frog ( Rana temporaria ) as a case study. Conservation Physiology, 8(1), coaa100. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa100
Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Reinhardt S, Robinson T, Sabatino NM, Peck M, Glos J (2020) Post-metamorphic carry-over effects of altered thyroid hormone level and developmental temperature: Physiological plasticity and body condition at two life stages in Rana temporaria. J Comp Physiol B 190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-020-01271-8
2019
Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KD, Reinhardt S, Robinson T, Sabatino NM, Peck MA, Glos J (2019) Endocrine disruption alters energy allocation during metamorphosis and affects post-metamorphic locomotor performance in the Common frog (Rana temporaria) Integrative Comparative Biology 59(1)
Reher S, Rabarison H, Schoroth M, Dausmann KH (2019) Seasonal movements of insectivorous bat species in southwestern Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 13
2018
Thomas L, Teich E, Reher S, Dausmann KH, Turner JM (2018) Degree of urbanisation affects Eurasian red squirrel activity patterns. Hystrix 29 (2): 175–180.
Ruthsatz K, Sabatino NM, Becker LI, Reese J, Hartmann L, Drees C, Peck MA, Dausmann KH, Glos J (2018) Altered thyroid hormone levels affect body condition at metamorphosis in amphibian larvae. Journal of Applied Toxicology 38: 1416-1425.
Reher, S., Ehlers, J., Rabarison, H., Dausmann, K. H. (2018) Short and hyperthermic torpor responses in the Malagasy bat Macronycteris commersoni reveal a broader hypometabolic scope in heterotherms. Accepted for printing in: Journal of Comparative Physiology B.
Ruthsatz, K., Dausmann, K, H., Drees, C., Peck, M., Sabatino, N., Becker, L., Reese, J., Hartmann, L., Glos, J. (2018) Thyroid hormone levels and temperature during development alter thermal tolerance and energetics in larvae of Xenopus laevis. Accepted for printing in: Conservation Physiology.
Blanco MB, Dausmann KH, Faherty S, Yoder AD (2018) Tropical heterothermy is “cool”: the expression of daily torpor and hibernation in primates. Evolutionary Anthropology 27: 147-161
Ruthsatz K, Peck MA, Dausmann KH, Sabatino NM, Glos J (2018) Patterns of temperature induced developmental plasticity in anuran larvae. Journal of Thermal Biology 74: 123-132
2017
Berg W, Theisinger O, Dausmann KH (2017) Acclimatization patterns in tropical reptiles: uncoupling temperature and energetics. Science of Nature 104: 91
Turner J, Warnecke L, Reher S, Dausmann KH (2017) Eurasian red squirrels show little seasonal variation in metabolism in food-enriched habitat. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90: 655-662
Bethge J, Wist B, Stalenberg E, Dausmann KH (2017) Seasonal adaptations in energy budgeting in the primate Lepilemur leucopus. JCP B 187: 827-834
Theisinger O, Berg W, Dausmann KH (2017) Compensation of thermal constraints along a natural environmental gradient in a Malagasy iguanid lizard (Oplurus quadrimaculatus). Journal of Thermal Biology 68: 21-27
Eppley, T , Ganzhorn JU, Dausmann KH, Watzek J (2017) Huddling is more important than rest site selection for thermoregulation in southern bamboo lemurs. Animal Behaviour 127: 153-161
Turner JM, Geiser F (2017). The influence of natural photoperiod on seasonal torpor expression of two opportunistic marsupial hibernators. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187: 375-383
2016
Dausmann KH, Warnecke L (2016) Primate torpor expression: ghost of the climatic past. Physiology 31(6):398-408
Bohn SJ, Turner JM, Warnecke L, Mayo C, McGuire LP, Misra V, Bollinger TK and Willis CKR (2016) Evidence of 'sickness behaviour' in bats with white-nose syndrome. Behaviour. 153: 981-1003
Blanco MB, Dausmann KH, Faherty S, Klopfer P, Krystal A, Schopler R, Yoder AD (2016) Hibernation in a Primate: Does sleep occur? Royal Society Open Science 3: 160282
Dausmann KH, Blanco MB (2016) Possible causes and consequences of different hibernation patterns in Cheirogaleus species – Mitovy fatsy sahala. In: Lehmann S, Radespiel U, Zimmermann E (eds) Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar: Biology, Behavior and Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 335-349
Reher S, Dausmann KH, Warnecke L, Turner J (2016) Food availability affects habitat use of Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in a semi-urban environment. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (6): 1543-1554
2015
Berg W, Theisinger O, Dausmann KH (2015) Evaluation of skin temperature measurements as suitable surrogate of body temperature in lizards under field conditions. Herpetological Review 46(2): 157-161
Dausmann KH (2015) Winterschläfer auf Madagaskar. DFG forschung 1/2015: 22-27
Dausmann KH, Glos J (2015) No energetic benefits from sociality in tropical hibernation. Functional Ecology 29(4): 498-505
Nowack J, Dausmann KH (2015) Can heterothermy help the colonization of new habitats? Mammalian review 45(2): 117-127
Pannkuk EL, McGuire LP, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Willis CKR, Risch TS (2015) Glycerophospholipid profiles of bats with white-nose syndrome. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88(4): 425-432
Turner JM, Warnecke L, Wilcox A, Baloun D, Bollinger TK, Misra V, Willis CKR (2015) Conspecific disturbance contributes to altered hibernation patterns in bats with white-nose syndrome. Physiology & Behavior 140: 71-78
2014
Dausmann KH (2014) Flexible patterns in energy savings: heterothermy in primates. Journal of Zoology 292: 101-111
Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU, Dausmann KH (2014) Torpor is not the only option: seasonal variations of the thermoneutral zone in a small primate. JCP B 184(6):789-797
Pretzlaff I, Rau D, Dausmann KH (2014) Energy expenditure increases during the active season in the small, free-living hibernator Muscardinus avellanarius. Mammalian Biology 97(3): 208-214
Rapin N, Johns K, Martin L, Warnecke L, Turner JM, Bollinger T, Willis C, Voyles J, Misra V (2014) Activation of innate immune response genes in Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) infected with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112285
Wilcox A, Warnecke L, Turner JM, McGuire LP, Jameson JW, Misra V, Bollinger T, Willis CKR (2014) Behaviour of hibernating little brown bats experimentally inoculated with the pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome. Animal Behaviour 88: 157-164
2013
Blanco MB, Dausmann KH, Ranaivoarisoa JF, Yoder AD (2013) Underground hibernation in a primate. Scientific Reports 3: 1768 doi: 10.1038/srep01768
Dausmann KH (2013) Spoilt for choice – Selection of hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius. In: Masters J, Gamba M, Génin F (eds) Leaping ahead: Advances in prosimian biology. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York Heidelberg, pp 205-214
Dausmann KH, Wein J, Turner JM, Glos J (2013) Absence of torpor in the European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Mammalian Biology 78: 332– 335
Nowack J, Dausmann KH, Mzilikazi N (2013) Nonshivering thermogenesis in the African lesser bushbaby Galago moholi. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 3811-3817
Nowack J, Mzilikazi N, Dausmann KH (2013) Torpor as an emergency solution in Galago moholi: heterothermy is triggered by different constraints. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183: 547-556
Nowack J, Wippich M, Mzilikazi N, Dausmann KH (2013) Surviving the cold, dry period in Africa: Behavioral adjustments as an alternative to heterothermy in the African lesser bushbaby (Galago moholi). International Journal of Primatology 34: 49-64
2012
Dausmann KH (2012) The pitfalls of body temperature measurements. Naturwissenschaften 99:511-513
Dausmann KH, Nowack J, Kobbe S, Mzilikazi N (2012) Afrotropical heterothermy: a continuum of possibilities. In: Ruf T, Bieber C, Arnold W, Millesi E (eds). Living in a seasonal world: thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 13-27
Pretzlaff I, Dausmann KH (2012) Impact of climatic variation on the hibernation physiology of Muscardinus avellanarius. In: Ruf T, Bieber C, Arnold W, Millesi E (eds). Living in a seasonal world: thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 85-97
Rödel H, Dausmann KH, Starkloff A, Schubert M, von Holst D, Hudson R (2012) Diurnal nursing pattern of wild-type European rabbits under natural breeding conditions. Mammalian Biology 77: 441-446
2011
Kobbe S, Ganzhorn JU, Dausmann KH (2011) Extreme individual flexibility of heterothermy in free-ranging Malagasy mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). JCP B 181(1): 165-173
Lahann P, Dausmann KH (2011) Live fast, die young: flexibility of life-history traits in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). BES 65: 381-390
2010
Dausmann KH (2010) Effective predation defence in Cheirogaleus medius. Lemur News 15: 18-20
Nowack J, Mzilikazi K, Dausmann KH (2010) Torpor on Demand: Heterothermy in Non-lemur Primates Galago moholi. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10797 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010797
Pretzlaff I, Kerth G, Dausmann KH (2010) Communally breeding bats use physiological and behavioural adjustments to optimize daily energy expenditure. Naturwissenschaften 97(4): 353-363
Schwensow N, Dausmann K, Eberle M, Fietz J, Sommer S (2010) Functional associations of similar MHC alleles and shared parasite species in two sympatric lemurs. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 10(5): 662-8
2009
Dausmann KH, Glos J, Heldmaier G (2009) Energetics of tropical hibernation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179: 345-357
Kobbe S, Dausmann KH (2009) Hibernation in Malagasy mouse lemurs as a strategy to counter environmental challenge. Naturwissenschaften 96: 1221-1227
2008
Dausmann KH (2008) Hypometabolism in primates: torpor and hibernation. In: Lovegrove BG and McKechnie AE (eds) Hypometabolism in Animals: Torpor, Hibernation and Cryobiology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, pp 327-336
Dausmann KH, Glos J, Linsenmair KE, Ganzhorn JU (2008) Improved recruitment of a lemur dispersed tree in Malagasy dry forest after the demise of vertebrates in forest fragments. Oecologia 157: 307–316
Glos J, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2008) Modeling the habitat use of Aglyptodactylus laticeps, an endangered dry-forest frog from Western Madagascar. In: Andreone F (ed) A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, pp 125-142
Glos J, Wegner F, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2008) Oviposition-site selection in an endangered Madagascan frog: experimental evaluation of a habitat model and its implications for conservation. Biotropica 40(5): 646-652
Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann KH and Sommer S (2008) MHC-associated mating strategies and the importance of overall genetic diversity in an obligate pair-living primate. Evolutionary Ecology 22(5): 617-636
2007
Dausmann KH (2007) Kommentare zum Artikel „Madagaskars Lemuren – Am Rande der Existenz“, National Geographic Deutschland, Hamburg
Dausmann KH, Reh U (2007) Ein Traum für Rudi. Kinderbuch über madagassische Tiere.
Glos J, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2007) Mixed-species social aggregations in Madagascan tadpoles - determinants and species composition. Journal of Natural History 41: 1965-1977
Glos J, Erdmann G, Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE (2007) A comparative study of predator-induced social aggregation of tadpoles in two anuran species from western Madagascar. Herpetological Journal 17(8): 261-268
Schwensow N, Fietz J, Dausmann KH, and Sommer S (2007) Neutral versus adaptive variation in parasite resistance: importance of MHC-supertypes in a free-ranging primate. Heredity 99: 265-277
2006
Fietz J, Dausmann KH (2006) Big is beautiful: fat storage and hibernation as a strategy to cope with marked seasonality in the fat-tailed dwarf lemus (Cheirogaleus medius). In: Gould L and Sauther ML (eds) Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 97-111
2005
Dausmann KH (2005) Measuring body temperature in the field – evaluation of external vs. implanted transmitters in a small mammal. Journal of Thermal Biology 30: 195-202
Dausmann KH, Glos J, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2005) Hibernation in the tropics: lessons from a primate. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175: 147-155
2004
Dausmann KH (2004) Physiological basis of tropical hibernation in the Malagasy primate Cheirogaleus medius. PhD thesis, Department of Animal Physiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Dausmann KH, Glos J, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2004) Hibernation in a tropical primate. Nature 429: 825-826
Fietz J, Schlund W, Dausmann KD, Regelmann M, Heldmaier G (2004) Energetic constraints on sexual activity in the male edible dormouse (Glis glis). Oecologia 138: 202-209
2003
Fietz J, Dausmann KH (2003) Costs and potential benefits of parental care in the nocturnal fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). Folia Primatologica 74: 246-258
Fietz J, Tataruch F, Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU (2003) White adipose tissue composition in the free-ranging fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius; Primates), a tropical hibernator. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 173: 1-10
2001
Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2001) Why does it sleep so well? The physiological basis of hibernation in Cheirogaleus medius. Folia Primatologica 72: 157
Dausmann KH, Heldmaier G (2001) Social hibernation in a tropical primate species (Cheirogaleus medius). Advances in Ethology 36: 140
Fietz J, Dausmann KH, Tataruch F (2001) Fat accumulation and composition in the tropical hibernator Cheirogaleus medius. Folia Primatologica 72: 159
2000
Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU, Heldmaier G (2000) Body temperature and metabolic rate of a hibernating primate in Madagascar: Preliminary results from a field study. In: Heldmaier G and Klingenspor M (eds) Life in the Cold: 11th International Hibernation Symposium. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 41-47
Fietz J, Zischler H, Schwiegk C, Tomiuk J, Dausmann KH, Ganzhorn JU (2000) High rates of extra-pair young in the pair-living fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:8-17
1998
Dausmann KH, Linsenmair KE und Ganzhorn JU (1998) Secondary seed dispersal and seed predation in the dry forest of Madagascar. Zoology 101 (Suppl I): 9
1997
Dausmann KH (1997) Sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenprädation im westmadagassischen Trockenwald: Das Schicksal lemuren-ausgebreiteter Samen. Diplomarbeit. Fakultät für Biologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg