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Data from: Quantifying physiological influences on otolith microchemistry
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Data for: Multi-scale relationships in thermal limits within and between two cold-water frog species uncover different trends in physiological vulnerability
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Data from: Integrating thermal physiology within a syndrome: locomotion, personality and habitat selection in an ectotherm
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Data from: Complementary responses of morphology and physiology enhance the stand-scale production of a model invasive species under elevated CO2 and nitrogen
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Data from: Oxidative phosphorylation gene transcription in whitefish species pairs reveals patterns of parallel and non-parallel physiological divergence
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Data from: With a little help from my friends – Physiological integration facilitates invasion of wetland grass Elymus athericus into flooded soils
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Data from: Short-term physiological plasticity: trade-off between drought and recovery responses in three Mediterranean Cistus species
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Data from: Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens
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Data for: Social rank and not physiological capacity determines competitive success in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
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Data from: Shifting effects of host physiological condition following pathogen establishment
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Heatwave tolerance of a marine polychaete (Hediste diversicolor): physiological and molecular data archive
<p>The aim of this work was to test the effect of long-lasting heatwaves on the intertidal polychaete <em>Hediste diversicolor</em> (24 ºC <em>vs</em> 30 ºC for a month). We analysed the whole-body proteome and carried out fatty acid analysis after 28 days of exposure and then estimated cumulative survival and upper thermal tolerance limits (after 30 days of exposure). Worms' wet weight was also compared between temperatures (after 30 days) to understand if elevated temperature has effects on growth. </p> <p>NOTE: The associated mass spectrometry proteomics dataset has been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD020635</p> <p>Dataset associated to the paper DOI:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110885">10.1016/j.envres.2021.110885</a></p>
Data from: Using artificial intelligence classification of videos to examine the environmental, evolutionary and physiological constraints on provisioning behavior
<p>The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can revolutionize how we approach data collection and analysis in behavioral ecology. One such example is in provisioning behavior. Parents of altricial species are selected to provide parental care (such as food provisioning) for their offspring, but there is substantial variation in the level of this care. Provisioning rate may be determined environmentally, by the physiological ability of parents and needs of nestlings, or by evolutionary incentives. We quantified provisioning rate in 20 purple martin (<i>Progne subis</i>) nests in the context of an experimental reduction of nest ectoparasites. 10 nests had a parasite reduction treatment, and 10 nests were controls. By using AI to automate the analysis of nest camera videos we were able to obtain nearly-continuous provisioning rate information at a high temporal resolution for the first half of the nestling period. We used random forest modeling to assess the factors determining provisioning rate and found evidence for environmental, evolutionary and physiological constraints and incentives on provisioning. Birds appeared to be environmentally limited in their provisioning in cool, wet conditions, especially later in the breeding season; but adjusted their provisioning according to the changing physiological needs of nestlings. We found evidence for a compensatory response to increased parasite load, in which parents increased provisioning to more heavily parasitized nests.</p>
Data from: Canalisation in the wild: effects of developmental conditions on physiological traits are inversely linked to their association with fitness
Ecological conditions affect fitness, but mechanisms causing such effects are not well known, while evolved responses to environmental variation may depend on the underlying mechanisms. Consequences of environmental conditions vary strongly between traits, but a framework to interpret such variation is lacking. We propose that variation in trait response may be explained by differential canalisation, with traits with larger fitness effects showing weaker responses to environmental perturbations due to preferential resource allocation to such traits. We tested the canalisation hypothesis using brood size manipulation in wild jackdaw nestlings in which we measured eight physiological traits (mainly oxidative stress markers), and two feather traits. For each trait, we estimated manipulation response and association with fitness (over-winter survival). As predicted, a strong negative correlation emerged between manipulation response and association with fitness (r=-0.76). We discuss the consequences of differential trait canalization for the study of mechanisms mediating environmental effects on fitness.
Data from: To change or not to change experimenters: caveats for repeated behavioural and physiological measures in Montagu's Harrier
Animals facing anthropogenic disturbances may exhibit different anti-predator responses depending on their perception of the risk. Experimental measures of behavioural and physiological traits may be impacted by the disturbance due to experimenter handlings and activities. In this study, we assessed the behavioural and physiological responses of Montagu's harrier chicks (Circus pygargus) from 14 nests, visited four times from hatching to fledgling by either the same (group I) or different (group NI) experimenters. Escape, aggressiveness and stress-induced corticosterone concentration increased for both groups over time but chicks from group I showed a higher increase in their behavioural and physiological responses than chicks from group NI. This increase occurred after the second visit when experimenters took the first blood sampling on nestlings. Handling by the same experimenters throughout the study did not result in habituation but in sensitization. Our results suggest that Montagu's harrier nestlings may discriminate between the people who visit their nests and respond to experimenters' identity. Therefore, we urge researchers working on behaviour and/or the physiology of stress including repeated measurements (such as animal personality studies for instance) to consider whether the experiments should or should not be realized by the same experimenters (as usually done to minimize bias) as it can influence the outcomes of the experiments.
Data from: Cover, not caging, influences chronic physiological stress in a ground-nesting bird
Predator exclosures ('nest cages') around nests are increasingly used to enhance hatching success of declining ground-nesting birds. However, such exclosures are contentious and have been suggested to have detrimental effects on the species which they aim to protect. This study examines whether exclosures increase physiological stress of incubating birds, a hitherto unrecognised and untested potential drawback of exclosures. Red-capped plover Charadrius ruficapillus hatching success was radically altered and significantly higher for nests with exclosures (96.2%) compared with those without (6.8%). Chronic physiological stress in parents (as measured by the heterophil/lymphocyte [H/L] ratio in blood) did not vary between nests with and without exclosures, or between the sexes. However the absence of vegetative cover at the nest site was associated with a 62.7% elevation in H/L ratio, indicating that incubating birds which place their nests in the open are subject to increased levels of chronic stress. The results from this study demonstrate the fundamental importance of predation for the nesting success of this species and confirm that chronic stress levels are not a detrimental side effect of exclosure use.
Data from: Dense dwarfs versus gelatinous giants: the trade-offs and physiological limits determining the body plan of planktonic filter feeders
Most marine plankton have a high energy (carbon) density, but some are gelatinous with approximately hundred times more watery bodies. How do those distinctly different body plans emerge and what are the trade-offs? We address this question by modeling the energy budget of planktonic filter feeders across life forms from micron-sized unicellular microbes like choanoflagellates to centimeter-sized gelatinous tunicates such as salps. We find two equally successful strategies, one being small with high energy density (dense dwarf), and the other being large with low energy density (gelatinous giant). The constraint that forces large - but not small - filter feeders to be gelatinous is identified as a lower limit to the size-specific filter area, below which the energy costs lead to starvation. A further limit is found from the maximum size-specific motor force that restricts the access to optimum strategies. The quantified constraints are discussed in the context of other resource acquisition strategies. We argue that interception feeding strategies can only be accessed by large organisms if they are gelatinous. On the other hand, organisms that use remote prey sensing do not need to be gelatinous, even if they are large.
Data from: Resistance of corals and coralline algae to ocean acidification: physiological control of calcification under natural pH variability
Ocean acidification is a threat to the continued accretion of coral reefs, though some undergo daily fluctuations in pH exceeding declines predicted by 2100. We test whether exposure to greater pH variability enhances resistance to ocean acidification for the coral Goniopora sp. and coralline alga Hydrolithon reinboldii from two sites: one with low pH variability (< 0.15 units daily; Shell Island), and a site with high pH variability (up to 1.4 pH units daily; Tallon Island). We grew populations of both species for >100 days under a combination of differing pH variability (high/low) and means (ambient pH 8.05/ocean acidification pH 7.65). Calcification rates of Goniopora sp. were unaffected by the examined variables. Calcification rates of H. reinboldii were significantly faster in Tallon than Shell Island individuals, and Tallon Island individuals calcified faster in the high variability pH 8.05 treatment compared to all others. Geochemical proxies for carbonate chemistry within the calcifying fluid (cf) of both species indicated that only mean seawater pH influenced pHcf. pH treatments had no effect on proxies for Ωcf. These limited responses to extreme pH treatments demonstrates some calcifying taxa may be capable of maintaining constant rates of calcification under ocean acidification by actively modifying Ωcf.
Data from: Physiological tremor reveals how thixotropy adapts skeletal muscle for posture and movement
People and animals can move freely, but they must also be able to stay still. How do skeletal muscles economically produce both movement and posture? Humans are well known to have motor units with relatively homogeneous mechanical properties. Thixotropic muscle properties can provide a solution by providing a temporary stiffening of all skeletal muscles in postural conditions. This stiffening is alleviated almost instantly when muscles start to move. In this paper, we probe this behaviour. We monitor both the neural input to a muscle, measured here as extensor muscle electromyography (EMG), and its output, measured as tremor (finger acceleration). Both signals were analysed continuously as the subject made smooth transitions between posture and movement. The results showed that there were marked changes in tremor which systematically increased in size and decreased in frequency as the subject moved faster. By contrast, the EMG changed little and reflected muscle force requirement rather than movement speed. The altered tremor reflects naturally occurring thixotropic changes in muscle behaviour. Our results suggest that physiological tremor provides useful and hitherto unrecognized insights into skeletal muscle's role in posture and movement.
Data from: Predicting the response to simultaneous selection: genetic architecture and physiological constraints
A great deal is known about the evolutionary significance of body size and development time. They are determined by the non-linear interaction of three physiological traits: two hormonal events and growth rate. In this study we investigate how the genetic architecture of the underlying three physiological traits affects the simultaneous response to selection on the two life history traits in the hawk moth Manduca sexta. The genetic architecture suggests that when the two life history traits are both selected in the same direction (to increase or decrease) the response to selection is primarily determined by the hormonal mechanism. When the life history traits are selected in opposite directions (one to increase and one to decrease) the response to selection is primarily determined by factors that affect the growth rate. To determine how the physiological traits affect the response to selection of the life history traits, we simulated the predicted response to ten generations of selection. 83% of our predictions were supported by the simulation. The main components of this physiological framework also exist in unicellular organisms, vertebrates and plants and can thus provide a robust framework for understanding how underlying physiology can determine the simultaneous evolution of life history traits.
Data from: Ocean acidification affects acid-base physiology and behaviour in a model invertebrate, the California sea hare (Aplysia californica)
Behavioural impairment following exposure to ocean acidification-relevant CO2 levels has been noted in a broad array of taxa. The underlying cause of these disruptions is thought to stem from alterations of ion gradients (HCO3Cl) across neuronal cell membranes that occur as a consequence of maintaining pH homeostasis via the accumulation of HCO3Cl. While behavioural impacts are widely documented, few studies have measured acid-base parameters in species showing behavioural disruptions. In addition, current studies examining mechanisms lack resolution in targeting specific neural pathways corresponding to a given behaviour. With these considerations in mind, acid-base parameters and behaviour were measured in a model organism utilized for decades as a research model to study learning, the California sea hare (Aplysia californica). Aplysia exposed to CO2 elevated hemolymph HCO3Cl, achieving full and partial pH compensation at 1200 and 3000 μatm CO2, respectively. Increased CO2 did not affect self-righting behaviour. In contrast, both levels of elevated CO2 reduced the time of the tail-withdrawal reflex, suggesting a reduction in antipredator response. Overall, these results confirm that Aplysia are promising models to examine mechanisms underlying CO2-induced behavioural disruptions since they regulate HCO3-Cl- and have behaviours linked to neural networks amenable to electrophysiological testing.
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