کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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8627001 | 1568631 | 2018 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Thermoregulation of a temperate reptile in a forested habitat
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تنظیم حرارت از خزنده معتدل در یک زیستگاه جنگل
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
چکیده انگلیسی
A major focus in zoology is to understand the phenotypic responses of animals to environmental variation. This is particularly important when dealing with ectotherms in a thermally heterogenous environment. We measured body temperatures of a free-ranging, medium sized temperate reptile, the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, to investigate its thermal opportunities and the degree to which the animal actively regulates its body temperature. We found high variation in body temperature between individuals, but this variation could not be attributed to sex or body size. However, variation among individuals in timing of burrow use did affect body temperature and in one of the years studied tuatara were found to be more effective in their thermoregulation when sharing a burrow with a seabird (Pachyptila turtur). The strength of this study is that it includes both biotic and behavioural components of the thermal environment of a temperate reptile, areas which are often missing from thermal studies that focus on the abiotic aspects.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Zoology - Volume 127, April 2018, Pages 63-69
Journal: Zoology - Volume 127, April 2018, Pages 63-69
نویسندگان
Ilse Corkery, Ben D. Bell, Nicola J. Nelson,