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Predictors of Body Temperature in Nose-Horned Viper (<i>Vipera ammodytes</i>) Across Different Populations. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Zadravec M, Cesarec R, Smutni B, Zadravec M, Gojak T, Glogoški M, Lisičić D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Comparative endocranial anatomy in the crocodylians Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei from the upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei share endocranial features such as posterior projection of a neurovascular canal in the maxilla and a paratympanic sinus system most similar to those of small‐bodied and young extant crocodylians, suggesting that these pedomorphic features may reflect the ancestral crocodylian condition.
G. Donzé, G. Perrichon, P. Vincent, F. Therrien, J. E. Martin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scratching beneath the surface: Quantification of muscle architecture and myosin heavy chain content in the forelimbs of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys, Rodentia)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Black‐tailed prairie dogs are highly social ground squirrels that excavate communal burrow systems, most often in medium‐textured soils. Their forelimbs demonstrate morphofunctional trade‐offs for scratch‐digging and terrestrial ecology, including well‐developed and fast‐contracting proximal musculature with large mechanical advantage paired with ...
Luke A. Scheetz, Carter A. Burnett, Benjamin R. Kimble, David A. Eads, Michael T. Butcher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The poikilothermic hypothesis of sepsis. [PDF]

Crit Care
Fan R, Gautron L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Peripheral Inflammation and Sleep Loss Induce Coordinated Motivational Changes: An Experimental Two‐Hit Stress Model

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep loss and low‐grade inflammation are common stressors that affect behaviour and recovery needs. To examine their separate and combined effects on motivation for everyday behaviours, we developed a two‐hit experimental model. Participants (N = 56, 31 women) completed three experimental visits: sleep saturation (two nights, 9 h in bed/night)
John Axelsson, Mats Lekander, Camilla I. Svensson, Nils Simon, Alexandra Kuliszkiewicz, Julie Lasselin, Leonie J. T. Balter   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermo-hygrometric dynamics reveal divergent adaptive strategies in africanized and buckfast honey bees. [PDF]

Int J Biometeorol
da Silva LA, Oliveira MR, de Lima TDF, Domingos HGT, Bergamo GC, Silveira RMF, Lima TA, Façanha DAE, Gramacho KP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Shifts in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of bees and wasps primarily reflect temperature variations rather than the amount of sealed ground surfaces in an urban landscape

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
The Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI) can potentially subject insects to heat and desiccation stress and likely induce shifts in their cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile. We expected that warmer urbanized areas favour longer chain length of hydrocarbons as well as higher abundance of n‐alkanes in three Hymenoptera species. We found that temperature, more
A. Ferrari, D. S. Rodríguez‐León, T. Schmitt, C. Polidori   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermophysiology and Locomotor Performance of the Andean Lizard <i>Phymaturus williamsi</i>: Vulnerable to Rising Temperatures? [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Victorica Erostarbe AE, Valdez Ovallez F, Sánchez JM, Méndez Osorio Y, Gómez Alés R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Melanism in salamanders: effects of insularity, sex and size on dorsal colouration in Salamandra salamandra

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study we tested the effects of insularity on amphibian colouration using the fire salamander as a model system. Although increased melanism was not a consistent pattern across all islands, salamanders from one island exhibited higher proportions of black pigmentation than mainland populations, while insular populations overall showed reduced ...
L. Alarcón‐Ríos, M. Saabi González, G. Velo‐Antón   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?—Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
In two‐choice laboratory bioassays, food‐deprived and CO2‐stimulated stable flies were offered paired landing platforms that were baited or not (control) with conspecific flies. The presence of conspecifics prompted the attraction and landing of foraging stable flies.
Emmanuel Hung, Justin Wong, Augustus Negraeff, Anya Gould, Gerhard Gries   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source