Publications
Newly IN PRESS:
Currie, S.E., Johansson, L. C., Aumont C., Voigt, C. C. and Hedenström, A. (2023) Conversion efficiency of flight power is low, but increases with flight speed in the migratory bat Pipistrellus nathusii Proc. R. Soc. B. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0045
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? Phys. Biochem. Zool.
Peer ReviewED:
Currie, S.E., Körtner, G. and Geiser, F. (2022) Pronounced differences in heart rate and metabolism distinguish daily torpor and short-term hibernation in two bat species. Sci Reports.
Tatler, J., Currie, S. E., Cassey, P., Scharf, A. K., Roshier, D. A. and Prowse, T. A. A. (2021) Accelerometer informed time-energy budgets reveal the importance of temperature to the activity of a wild, arid zone canid. Mov. Ecol. 10.1186/s40462-021-00246-w.
Currie SE*, Boonman A*, Troxell S, Yovel Y, & Voigt CC (2020) Echolocation at high intensity imposes metabolic costs on flying bats. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1249-8
Geiser, F., Bondarenco, A., Currie, S. E., Doty, A. C., Körtner, G., Law, B. S., Pavey, C. R., Riek, A., Stawski, C., Turbill, C. et al. (2020) Hibernation and daily torpor in Australian and New Zealand bats: does the climate zone matter? Aust. J. Zool. 10.1071/ZO20025.
Voigt CC, Rosner E , Guglielmo CG, Currie SE, (2019) Fatty acid profiles of the European migratory common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) Sci. Nat. 10.1007/s00114-019-1627-8
Hume, T, Geiser, F, Körtner G, Currie SE & Stawski, C (2019) Responding to the weather: energy budgeting in a small mammal in the wild. Current Zool. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz023
Currie SE, Méné-Saffrané L, Fasel N (2019) Valuable carcasses: post-mortem preservation of fatty acid composition in heart tissue. Cons. Physiol. 7(1), doi 10.1093/conphys/coz005
Photo credit: Fritz Geiser
Boukens B, Kristensen D, Filogonio R, Carreira L, Sartori M, Currie SE, Abe AS, Joyce W, Conner J, Opthof T, Crossley II D & Jensen B (2018) The electrocardiogram of vertebrates: evolutionary changes from ectothermy to endothermy. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Bio. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.08.005
Voigt, CC, Currie, SE, Fritze, M, Roeleke, M, Lindecke, O (2018) Conservation strategies for bats flying at high altitudes. Bioscience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biy040
Currie SE, Stawski C & Geiser F (2018) Cold-hearted bats- Uncoupling of heart rate and metabolism during torpor at subzero temperatures in Chalinolobus gouldii. J. Exp. Biol. doi: 10.1242/jeb.170894
Doty, AC, Currie, SE, Stawski, C & Geiser, F (2018) Can bats sense smoke during deep torpor? Physiology & Behavior doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.12.019
Stawksi C, Hume T, Körtner G, Currie SE, Nowack J & Geiser F (2017) Post-fire recovery of the behaviour and physiology of a small marsupial. Biol. Lett. 20170036. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0036
Stawski C, & Currie, SE (2016) Effect of roost choice on winter torpor patterns of a free-ranging insectivorous bat. Aus. J. Zool., 64(2), 132-137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO16030
Doty AC, Stawski C, Currie SE, Geiser, F (2016) Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat. J. Therm. Biol., 60, 162-170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.07.015
Currie SE, Körtner G & Geiser F (2015) Measuring subcutaneous temperature and differential rates of rewarming from hibernation and daily torpor in two species of bats. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 190, 26-31.
Currie SE, Noy KB & Geiser F (2015) Passive rewarming from torpor in hibernating bats: minimizing metabolic costs and cardiac demands. Am. J. Physiol. Reg. Integr. Comp. Physiol, 308, R34-R41. DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00341.2014
Currie SE, Körtner G & Geiser F (2014) Heart rate as a predictor of metabolic rate in heterothermic bats. J. Exp. Biol., 217, 1519-1524.
Geiser F, Currie SE, O’Shea KA, & Hiebert SM (2014) Torpor and hypothermia: reversed hysteresis of metabolic rate and body temperature. Am. J. Physiol. Reg. Integr. Comp. Physiol, 307, R1324-R1329. DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00214.2014