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Full list of peer reviewed publications. Get in touch if you cannot access a particular paper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Crawford K, Beardsworth C, MacLeod R, Hill D and\u00a0J Nowack<\/strong>\u00a0(2025) From leaves to litter: Use of anthropogenic nesting materials in hibernation nests of the European hedgehog<\/a>. Authorea. PREPRINT. DOI: 10.22541\/au.176115802.26389382\/v1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dausmann KH,\u00a0Nowack J<\/strong>, Sandberger-Loua L and MO R\u00f6del (accepted)\u00a0Thermal physiology and habitat constraints in the microendemic, viviparous Nimba toad (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis<\/em>). Can J Zool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crawford K, Orsman R,\u00a0Parry L,\u00a0O\u2019Hagan T, Nowack J<\/strong> (2025). Variation in hibernation patterns of a temperate zone mammal.<\/a> Journal of Thermal Biology: 104186.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>*\/ Marshall K*, Terrien J, Giroud S (2025).
EDITORIAL: Thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations in a changing world<\/a>. Journal of Thermal Biology: 104062. (* shared first author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welman S, Breit AM, Levesque DL, Nowack J<\/strong> (2024). The upper limit of thermoneutrality is not indicative of thermotolerance in bats<\/a>. Journal of Thermal Biology: 103933.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shankar A, Welch KC Jr.,  Eberts ER,  Geiser F,  Halter S,  Keicher L,  Levesque DL, Nowack J<\/strong>,  Wolf BO,  Wolfe SW (2023). Daily torpor in birds and mammals: Past, present, and future of the field.<\/a> Integrative and Comparative Biology: icad095<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levesque DL, Breit AM,  Brown E,  Nowack J<\/strong>, Welman S (2023) Non-torpid heterothermy in mammals: another category along the homeothermy-hibernation continuum<\/a>. Integrative and Comparative Biology: icad094<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Stawski C, Geiser F and DL Levesque (2023) Rare and opportunistic use of torpor in mammals \u2013 an echo from the past? <\/a>Integrative and Comparative Biology: icad067<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J and J Nowack<\/strong> (2023) Looking ahead: predicting the possible ecological and physiological response of Galago moholi<\/em> to environmental change<\/a>. International Journal of Primatology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giroud* S\/Ragger* MT, Baille A, Hoelzl F, Smith S and J Nowack*<\/strong>\/ T Ruf* (2023) Food availability positively affects the survival and somatic maintenance of hibernating garden dormice<\/a> (Eliomys quercinus<\/em>). Frontiers in Zoology 20: 19(* shared first\/last author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Mzilikazi N and KH Dausmann (2023). Saving energy via short and shallow torpor bouts<\/a>. J Therm Biol 114: 103572<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reher S, Rabarison H, Nowack J <\/strong>and KH Dausmann (2022). Limited physiological compensation in response to an acute microclimate change in a Malagasy bat<\/a>. Front Ecol Evol 10: 10.3389\/fevo.2022.779381<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grigg G, Nowack J<\/strong>, Pereira Wilken Bicudo JE, Bal NC, Woodward HN and Seymour RS (2022) Whole body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians<\/a>. Biol Rev 97:766-801 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/brv.12822<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spie\u00dfberger M, Hoelzl F, Smith S, Vetter S, Ruf T and J Nowack<\/strong> (2021) The tarnished silver spoon? Trade-off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar<\/a>. J Evol Biol 00: 1\u2013 10. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jeb.13954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong> and Turbill C (2021) Survivable hypothermia or torpor in a wild-living rat: Rare insights broaden our understanding of endothermic physiology.<\/a> J Comp Physiol B: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00360-021-01416-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levesque DL, Nowack J<\/strong> and J Boyles (2021) Body temperature frequency distributions: a tool for assessing thermal performance in endotherms? <\/a>Front Physiol 12: 760797.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Einwaller J, Meyer LCR, Auer U, Raekallio M, Nowack J<\/strong>, Haw A, Vetter S, Painer J and G Stalder (2021) Cardiovascular effects of intravenous vatinoxan in wild boars (Sus scrofa<\/em>) anaesthetised with intramuscular medetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam<\/a>. Vet Rec: e835. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/vetr.835<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Giroud S, Nord A, Storey KS and J Nowack<\/strong> (2020) Editorial: Coping with Environmental Fluctuations – Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective<\/a>s. Front Physiol 11: 605186.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Dill V and KH Dausmann (2020) Open-flow respirometry under field conditions: how does the airflow through the nest influence our results?<\/a> J Therm Biol 92:102667<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dausmann KH, Levesque DL, Wein J and J Nowack<\/strong> (2020) Ambient temperature cycles affect daily torpor and hibernation patterns in Malagasy tenrecs. <\/a>Front Physiol 11: 522 doi: 10.3389\/fphys.2020.00522<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Levesque DL, Reher S and KH Dausmann (2020) Variable climates lead to varying phenotypes: \u2018weird\u2019 mammalian torpor and lessons from non-Holarctic species.<\/a> Front Ecol Evol 8:60. doi: 10.3389\/fevo.2020.00060<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boyles JG, Levesque DL, Nowack J<\/strong>, Wojciechowski MS, Stawski C, Fuller A, Smit B, Tattersall GJ (2019) An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses<\/a>. Ecol Evol 9: 12020-12025. doi:10.1002\/ece3.5721<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack* J<\/strong>\/ Tarmann* I, Hoelzl F, Smith S, Giroud S and T Ruf (2019) Always a price to pay: Hibernation at low temperatures comes with a trade-off between energy savings and telomere damage<\/a>. Biology Letters https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2019.0466<\/a> (* shared first author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arnold L, Habe M, Troxler J and J Nowack<\/strong>*\/ S Vetter* (2019) Rapid establishment of teat order and allonursing in wild boar<\/a>. Ethology https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/eth.12950<\/a> (*shared last author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Ganswindt A, Geiser F and J Nowack<\/strong> (2019) Non-invasive evaluation of stress hormone responses in a captive population of sugar gliders Petaurus breviceps<\/em>.<\/a> Australian Mammalogy https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/AM18044<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Vetter S, Stalder G, Painer J, Kral M, Smith S, Le MH, Jurcevic P, Bieber C, Arnold W, and T Ruf  (2018) Muscle nonshivering thermogenesis in a feral mammal<\/a>. Scientific Reports 6: 6378. doi: 10.1038\/s41598-019-42756-z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Greef D and J Nowack<\/strong> (2019) Urbanisation as an important driver of nocturnal primate sociality<\/a>. Primates. doi: 10.1007\/s10329-019-00725-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Geiser F, Stawski C, Doty AC, Cooper CE and J Nowack<\/strong> (2018) A burning question: what are the risks and benefits of mammalian torpor during and after fires?<\/a> Conserv Physiol 6: coy057. doi.org\/10.1093\/conphys\/coy057<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Stawski C, K\u00f6rtner, G and F Geiser (2018) Physiological and behavioral responses of an arboreal mammal to smoke and charcoal-ash substrate.<\/a> Physiol Behav. 184: 116\u2013121. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.physbeh.2017.11.020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Giroud S, Arnold W and T Ruf (2017) Muscle nonshivering thermogenesis and its role in the evolution of endothermy<\/a>. Front Physiol 8: 889. doi: 10.3389\/fphys.2017.00889<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geiser F, Stawski C, Wacker CB and J<\/strong> Nowack<\/strong> (2017) Phoenix from the ashes: fire, torpor, and the evolution of mammalian endothermy<\/a>. Front Physiol  8: 842. doi: 10.3389\/fphys.2017.00842<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Bennett NC, Nowack J<\/strong>, Laver P and A Ganswindt (2017) Putative drivers of adrenocortical activity in captive African lesser bushbaby, <\/a>Galago moholi<\/a>. <\/em>Can J Zoology. doi.org\/10.1139\/cjz-2016-0223<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stawski C, Hume T, K\u00f6rtner G, Currie SE, Nowack J<\/strong> and Geiser F (2017). Post-fire recovery of torpor and activity patterns of a small mammal<\/a>. Biol Letters 13(5). doi 10.1098\/rsbl.2017.0036<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streicher U, Nowack J<\/strong>, Stalder G, Walzer C, Nadler T and T Ruf (2017) Hibernation in pygmy lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus<\/em>)- what does it mean? Vietnamese Journal of Primatologie 2(5):51-57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Stawski C and F Geiser (2017) More functions of torpor and their roles in a changing world<\/a>. J Comp Physiol B doi:10.1007\/s00360-017-1100-y<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stawski C, Nowack J<\/strong>, K\u00f6rtner G and F Geiser (2017) A new cue for torpor induction: charcoal, ash and smoke<\/a>. J Exp Biol 220: 220-226;  doi: 10.1242\/jeb.146548<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Levesque DL, Nowack J<\/strong>, Stawski C (2016) Modelling mammalian energetics: the heterothermy problem<\/a>. Climate Change Responses 3:7 doi: 10.1186\/s40665-016-0022-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Bennett NC, Nowack J<\/strong> and A Ganswindt (2016) Reproductive behaviour, testis size and faecal androgen metabolite concentrations in the African lesser bushbaby<\/a>. J Zool doi:10.1111\/jzo.12420<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Delesalle M, Stawski C and F Geiser (2016) Can hibernators sense and evade fires? Olfactory acuity and locomotor performance during deep torpor. <\/a>Sci Nat 103(9-10):73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Cooper CE and F Geiser (2016) Cool echidnas survive the fire<\/a>. Proc R Soc B 20160382<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stawski C, K\u00f6rtner G, Nowack J<\/strong> and F Geiser (2016) Phenotypic plasticity of post-fire activity and thermal biology of a small mammal.<\/a> Physiol Behav 159: 104\u2013111<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong> and F Geiser (2016) Friends with benefits: the role of torpor in groups of torpid and normothermic animals<\/a>. J Exp Biology 219(4): 590-596<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Nowack J<\/strong>, Bennett N and A Ganswindt (2016) Female reproductive activity and its endocrine correlates in the African lesser bushbaby,<\/a> Galago moholi.<\/em> J Comp Physiol B. DOI:10.1007\/s00360-015-0947-z<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Ganswindt A, Bennett NC and J<\/strong> Nowack <\/strong>(2015) The hustle and bustle of city life: monitoring the effects of urbanisation in the African lesser bushbaby.<\/a> Sci Nat (102): 57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Rojas AD, K\u00f6rtner G and F Geiser (2015) Snoozing through the storm: torpor use during a natural disaster<\/a>. Sci Rep 5, doi:10.1038\/srep11243<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stawski C, K\u00f6rtner G, Nowack J<\/strong> and F Geiser (2015) The importance of torpor for survival in a post-fire landscape<\/a>. Biol Lett 11 (6): 20150134<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reibelt LM and J Nowack <\/strong>(2015) Editorial: Community-based conservation in Madagascar, the ‘cure-all’ solution<\/a>? MCD 10 (1S):3-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong> and KH Dausmann (2015) Can heterothermy facilitate the colonization of new habitats? <\/a>Mammal Rev 45: 117\u2013127<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Doty A, Stawski C, Nowack J<\/strong>, Bondarenco A and F Geiser (2014) Increased lyrebird presence in a post-fire landscape<\/a>. Aust J Zool 63(1): 9-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobbe S, Nowack J<\/strong> and KH Dausmann (2014) Torpor is not the only option: seasonal variations of the thermoneutral zone in a small primate<\/a>. J Comp Physiol B 184:789-797<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheun J, Bennett NC, Ganswindt A and J<\/strong> Nowack<\/strong> (2014) Spicing up the menu: evidence of fruit-feeding in<\/a> Galago moholi<\/em>. Primates 55(3):359-63<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nowack J<\/strong>, Dausmann KH and N Mzilikazi (2013) Nonshivering thermogenesis in the African lesser bushbaby, Galago moholi<\/em>. J Exp Biol 216: 3811-3817<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack<\/strong> J<\/strong>, Wippich M, Mzilikazi N and KH Dausmann (2013) Surviving the cold, dry period in Africa: behavioral adjustments as an alternative to heterothermy in <\/a>Galago mohol<\/a>i. <\/em>Int J Primatol 34: 49-64<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowack<\/strong> J<\/strong>, Mzilikazi N and KH Dausmann (2013) Torpor as an emergency solution in Galago moholi<\/em>: heterothermy is triggered by different constraints<\/a>. J Comp Physiol B 83: 547-556<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dausmann KH, Nowack J<\/strong>, Kobbe S and N Mzilikazi (2012) Afrotropical heterothermy: a continuum of possibilities<\/a>. In: Living in a Seasonal World. <\/em> Ruf, C. Bieber, W. Arnold & E. Millesi (Eds.). Springer Berlin, Heidelberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nowack<\/strong> J<\/strong>, Mzilikazi N and KH Dausmann (2010) Torpor on demand: heterothermy in the non-lemur primate Galago moholi<\/em>. <\/a>PLoS ONE 5(5): e10797. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0010797<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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