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Quality of thermal refuges influences use by the cold-intolerant Florida manatee
Endangered Species Research, 2023 Thermal refuges are habitats used by species for behavioral thermoregulation. These habitats can be highly dynamic and are often influenced by fluctuations in local climate.
CG Haase +4 more
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Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Energy and Thermal Comfort Control for Sustainable Buildings: An Extended Representation of the Systematic Review [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Different factors such as thermal comfort, humidity, air quality, and noise have significant combined effects on the acceptability and quality of the activities performed by the building occupants who spend most of their times indoors. Among the factors cited, thermal comfort, which contributes to the human well-being because of its connection with the
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Effect of indoor temperature on physical performance in older adults during days with normal temperature and heat waves [PDF]
, 2017 Indoor temperature is relevant with regard to mortality and heat-related self-perceived health problems. The aim of this study was to describe the association between indoor temperature and physical performance in older adults.
Anja Stotz +11 more
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Behavioral Thermoregulation and the “Final Preferendum” Paradigm [PDF]
American Zoologist, 1979 Wider attention to Fry's (1947) “final preferendum” paradigm would facilitate comparative studies of temperature preference (behavioral thermoregulation) among different animal groups. According to Fry's bipartite definition, the final preferendum is that temperature at which preference and acclimation are equal, and to which an animal in a thermal ...
William W. Reynolds, Martha E. Casterlin
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How large should whales be? [PDF]
PLOS ONE 8(1), e53967 (2013), 2012 The evolution and distribution of species body sizes for terrestrial mammals is well-explained by a macroevolutionary tradeoff between short-term selective advantages and long-term extinction risks from increased species body size, unfolding above the 2g minimum size induced by thermoregulation in air.
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Why is there no impact of the host species on the cold tolerance of a generalist parasitoid? [PDF]
, 2017 For generalist parasitoids such as those belonging to the Genus Aphidius, the choice of host species can have profound implications for the emerging parasitoid. Host species is known to affect a variety of life history traits.
Alford, Lucy +4 more
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Human behavioral thermoregulation during exercise in the heat [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2015 The human capacity to perform prolonged exercise is impaired in hot environments. To address this issue, a number of studies have investigated behavioral aspects of thermoregulation that are recognized as important factors in determining performance. In this review, we evaluated and interpreted the available knowledge regarding the voluntary control of
Andreas D. Flouris +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Phenological models representing physiological and behavioral processes of organisms are used to study, predict, and optimize management of ecological subsystems.
Thomas M. Chappell +2 more
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Latitudinal Variation in Seasonal Activity and Mortality in Ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta)
, 2010 The ecology of ectotherms should be particularly affected by latitude because so much of their biology is temperature dependent. Current latitudinal patterns should also be informative about how ectotherms will have to modify their behavior in response ...
Blouin-Demers, Gabriel +3 more
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Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lizards: Importance of Associated Costs [PDF]
Science, 1974 The Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus behaviorally regulates body temperature in an open habitat but passively tolerates lower and more variable temperatures in an adjacent forest where basking sites are few and distant.
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