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Thermal ecology of Microlophus occipitalis (Sauria: Tropiduridae) in the Plain Dry Forest of Tumbes, Peru

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2012
The thermal ecology of Microlophus occipitalis Peters 1871 in the plain dry forests of Tumbes (northewestern Peru) was studied. Mean body temperature was 36.1 ± 1.8 ºC, similar to body temperatures exposed by Microlophus peruvianus in northern Peru ...
Juan C. Jordán A., José Pérez Z.
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Costs of colour change in fish: food intake and behavioural decisions [PDF]

, 2013
Many animals, particularly reptiles, amphibians, fish and cephalopods, have the ability to change their body colour, for functions including thermoregulation, signalling and predator avoidance.
Corless, Hannah F., Gladman, Nicholas W., Morrell, Lesley J., Rodgers, Gwendolen M.   +3 more
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How the zebra got its stripes: a problem with too many solutions [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2015
The adaptive significance of zebra stripes has thus far eluded understanding. Many explanations have been suggested, including social cohesion, thermoregulation, predation evasion and avoidance of biting flies.
Brenda Larison, Ryan J. Harrigan, Henri A. Thomassen, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Alec M. Chan-Golston, Elizabeth Li, Thomas B. Smith   +6 more
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Paraventricular hypothalamic vasopressin neurons induce self-grooming in mice

Molecular Brain, 2022
Self-grooming plays an essential role in hygiene maintenance, thermoregulation, and stress response. However, the neural populations involved in self-grooming remain largely unknown.
Md Tarikul Islam, Takashi Maejima, Ayako Matsui, Michihiro Mieda   +3 more
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An evaluation of personal cooling systems for reducing thermal strain whilst working in chemical/biological protective clothing [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 The Authors. Published by Frontiers Media. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019 ...
Adams, Agostoni, Andersen, Armstrong, Bach, Bates, Borg, Bouchama, Caldwell, Carter, Carter, Casa, Chan, Chan, Cheung, Chou, Cohen, Cotter, Du Bois, Duffield, Duncan, Faff, Gagge, Glitz, Goforth, Gubernot, Hamlin, Hanna, Hardy, Hasegawa, Hostler, House, Jay, Kenney, Kenny, Kenny, Maley, McEntire, McGregor, McLellan, Mills, Minett, Mokhtari Yazdi, Montain, Morrison, Morrissey, Nunfam, Nybo, Phuong, Pryor, Selkirk, Siegel, Smolander, Taylor, Taylor, Vallerand, Watkins   +56 more
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Heat dissipation in subterranean rodents: the role of body region and social organisation

Scientific Reports, 2021
The relatively warm and very humid environment of burrows presents a challenge for thermoregulation of its mammalian inhabitants. It was found that African mole-rats dissipate body heat mainly through their venter, and social mole-rats dissipate more ...
František Vejmělka, Jan Okrouhlík, Matěj Lövy, Gabriel Šaffa, Eviatar Nevo, Nigel Charles Bennett, Radim Šumbera   +6 more
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A value chain analysis of interventions to control production diseases in the intensive pig production sector [PDF]

, 2020
Value chain analysis (VCA) calculated the financial effects on food chain actors of interventions to improve animal health and welfare in the intensive pig sector. Two interventions to reduce production diseases were studied.
Bennett, Richard, Clark, Beth, Frewer, Lynn, Jones, Philip, Niemi, Jarkko, Rimmler, Thomas, Tranter, Richard   +6 more
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PLASTICITY OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN A NOMADIC EARLY SPRING FOLIVORE

Frontiers in Physiology, 2013
Collective behaviour in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) meets the thermal constraints of being an early spring folivore, but introduces others constraints in food choice.
Emma eDespland
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Social isolation increases metabolic rate in the transition of light- to dark- phase and advances Rev-erb-α expression in brown adipose tissue to regulate daily rhythm of core body temperature in mice

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2023
Mammals use social thermoregulation to maintain the core body temperature (Tc) at a lower energy cost. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a crucial role in thermoregulation.
Paola Fernandes, Hellen Nunes, Tamires Amorim Marinho, Pietra Souza Barsanele, Maria Nathália Moraes, Maristela de Oliveira Poletini   +5 more
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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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