McKechnie, Andrew E.Rushworth, Ian A.Myburgh, FerdiCunningham, Susan J.2022-08-252022-08-252021-06McKechnie, A.E., Rushworth, I.A., Myburgh, F. et al. 2021, 'Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa', Austral Ecology, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 687-691, doi : 10.1111/aec.13025.1442-9985 (print)1442-9993 (online)10.1111/aec.13025https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86955Please read abstract in the article.en© 2021 Ecological Society of Australia. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa', Austral Ecology, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 687-691, 2021, doi : 10.1111/aec.13025. The definite version is available at : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14429993.PteropodidaeHyperthermiaHeat waveDeathsClimate changeBirdsWahlberg’s epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi)Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South AfricaPostprint Article