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Data from: Novel approaches for assessing acclimatization in birds reveal seasonal changes in peripheral heat exchange and thermoregulatory behaviors
<p>Using thermography and behavioral analyses, we found that heat exchange and thermoregulatory behaviors changed seasonally in chipping sparrows (<em>Spizella passerina</em>). Studies on seasonal acclimatization in birds have primarily involved metabolic measurements, few of which have investigated behaviors, and none have investigated changes in peripheral heat exchange. We captured chipping sparrows in the winter and summer of 2022 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and we collected thermal images of these birds at 15.0°, 27.5°, and 40.0°C. We found that heat dissipation through the bill and legs changed seasonally, but surprisingly both were higher in winter than in summer. We found that heat dissipating behaviors were more common in winter, whereas heat conserving behaviors were more common in summer, and that behaviors associated with resource costs (e.g., panting) or predation risk (e.g., bill tucking) showed the most distinct differences between seasons. Meanwhile, low-cost and low-risk postural adjustments (e.g., feather adjustments and tarsus exposure) did not vary as strongly between seasons but followed similar trends. The seasonal adjustments to behaviors suggest that non-acclimatized birds must use costly thermoregulatory behaviors more frequently than acclimatized birds. The use of thermography catalyzed the discovery of one completely novel behavior, and the first detection of a known behavior in a new species. Both novel behaviors aided in evaporative heat loss and occurred more commonly in winter, supporting the presence of seasonal acclimatization as evidenced by behavioral adjustments. These results provide novel insights to the process of acclimatization and suggest a role of behavioral adjustments in seasonal acclimatization.</p>
Data from: Seasonal shifts in thermoregulatory behavior of bumble bee queens
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Data from: Novel approaches for assessing acclimatization in birds reveal seasonal changes in peripheral heat exchange and thermoregulatory behaviors
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Thermoregulatory behavior varies with altitude and season in the sceloporine Mesquite lizard.
<p>In ectothermic vertebrates, body temperature is the factor that most affects physiology and behavior. Most ectotherms show limited physiological control of body temperature, so they use behavioral strategies to regulate and maintain a constant temperature within a range. The variation of environmental temperature due to altitude and seasonality could have a great impact on the regulation of body temperature in lizards, even more so in elevation gradients, in which environmental temperature decreases with elevation.</p> <p>We chose three populations of the lizard Sceloporus grammicus that inhabit along an altitudinal gradient at 2500, 3400, and 4100 m and compared some seasonal (spring, summer, and autumn) thermal traits:</p> <p>1. Body temperature in the field when the lizards were active<br> 2. The relationship between body, air, and substrate temperatures where they were first observed<br> 3. The temperature that they selected in a thermal gradient in laboratory conditions<br> 4. The precision of thermoregulation, the thermal quality of the environment, the effectiveness of thermoregulation, and the Blouin-Demers index<br> 5. The ambient temperatures available during the period of activity (Operative temperature)</p> <p>Thus, our data suggest that the thermal quality of the environment is low at higher altitudes and in summer, while lizards are capable of modifying their body temperature when they are active in the field and the temperature they select in the laboratory due to the effect of altitude and of the season, according to the requirements they have in each part of the year.</p>
Data from: Feeding impacts thermoregulatory behavior and consistency across day and night in a diurnal lizard
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Data from: No geographic variation in thermoregulatory color plasticity and limited variation in heat-avoidance behavior in Battus philenor caterpillars
Phenotypic plasticity can help organisms cope with variation in their current environment, including temperature variation, but not all environments are equally variable. In the least variable or extreme environments, plasticity may no longer be used. In this case, the plasticity could be lost all together, or it could persist with either the same or an altered reaction norm, depending on factors such as the plasticity's costs. In the pipevine swallowtail caterpillar (Battus philenor), I tested for changes in two forms of heat-avoidance plasticity, color change and refuge-seeking behavior, across the species' range in the United states, including the cooler eastern parts of its range where color change has not been observed and is unlikely to be needed. I found that both heat-avoidance behavior and color change persisted in all surveyed populations. Indeed, the reaction norm for color change remained nearly unaltered, while the threshold for refuge-seeking only changed slightly across populations. These results suggest that the costs of these plastic traits are low enough for them to be maintained by whatever minimal gene flow the population receives. I show that plasticity can be maintained unaltered in populations where it is not used and discuss the potential consequences of this persistence for both the ecology and evolution of plasticity.
Data from: Quantification of correlational selection on thermal physiology, thermoregulatory behavior and energy metabolism in lizards
Phenotypic selection is widely accepted as the primary cause of adaptive evolution in natural populations, but selection on complex functional properties linking physiology, behavior, and morphology has been rarely quantified. In ectotherms, correlational selection on thermal physiology, thermoregulatory behavior, and energy metabolism is of special interest because of their potential coadaptation. We quantified phenotypic selection on thermal sensitivity of locomotor performance (sprint speed), thermal preferences, and resting metabolic rate in captive populations of an ectothermic vertebrate, the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara. No correlational selection between thermal sensitivity of performance, thermoregulatory behavior, and energy metabolism was found. A combination of high body mass and resting metabolic rate was positively correlated with survival and negatively correlated with fecundity. Thus, different mechanisms underlie selection on metabolism in lizards with small body mass than in lizards with high body mass. In addition, lizards that selected the near average preferred body temperature grew faster that their congeners. This is one of the few studies that quantifies significant correlational selection on a proxy of energy expenditure and stabilizing selection on thermoregulatory behavior.
Data from: No geographic variation in thermoregulatory color plasticity and limited variation in heat-avoidance behavior in Battus philenor caterpillars
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Data from: Thermoregulatory behavior limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change
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Data from: Quantification of correlational selection on thermal physiology, thermoregulatory behavior and energy metabolism in lizards
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Data from: Free-ranging bats alter thermoregulatory behavior in response to reproductive stage, roost type, and weather
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Data from: Thermoregulatory behavior is widespread in the embryos of reptiles and birds
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Data from: Economic thermoregulatory response explains mismatch between thermal physiology and behavior in newts
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Habitat structure mediates vulnerability to climate change through its effects on thermoregulatory behavior
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Data from: Trading heat and hops for water: dehydration effects on locomotor performance, thermal limits, and thermoregulatory behavior of a terrestrial toad
Due to their highly permeable skin and ectothermy, terrestrial amphibians are challenged by compromises between water balance and body temperature regulation. The way in which such compromises are accommodated, under a range of temperatures and dehydration levels, impacts importantly the behavior and ecology of amphibians. Thus, using the terrestrial toad Rhinella schneideri as a model organism, the goals of this study were twofold. First, we determined how the thermal sensitivity of a centrally relevant trait—locomotion—was affected by dehydration. Secondly, we examined the effects of the same levels of dehydration on thermal preference and thermal tolerance. As dehydration becomes more severe, the optimal temperature for locomotor performance was lowered and performance breadth narrower. Similarly, dehydration was accompanied by a decrease in the thermal tolerance range. Such a decrease was caused by both an increase in the critical minimal temperature and a decrease in the thermal maximal temperature, with the latter changing more markedly. In general, our results show that the negative effects of dehydration on behavioral performance and thermal tolerance are, at least partially, counteracted by concurrent adjustments in thermal preference. We discuss some of the potential implications of this observation for the conservation of anuran amphibians.
Data from: Trading heat and hops for water: dehydration effects on locomotor performance, thermal limits, and thermoregulatory behavior of a terrestrial toad
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