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An Overlooked Habitat‐Dependent Link Between Metabolism and Water Loss in Reptiles
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We measured the gas exchange of six lizard and six snake species, under high and low air humidity, and two intriguing patterns emerged. First, although desert species lose less water via evaporation than similar‐sized mesic species under similar conditions, water loss is virtually the same when each is exposed to its natural conditions.
Shahar Dubiner, Shai Meiri, Eran Levin
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín +5 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
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Regional heterothermy in Megasoma gyas is not related to active heat dissipation by the horns
Insect Science, EarlyView.
Danilo Giacometti +4 more
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Blubber Thickening Driven by UCP1 Inactivation: Insights from a Cetacean‐Like Transgenic Mouse Model
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.UCP1 inactivation of cetaceans in mice drives BAT whitening and iWAT hyperplasia, promoting fat accumulation for aquatic adaptation. Abstract Cetaceans possess thick blubber, a specialized adipose tissue essential for thermal insulation, a streamlined body form, energy storage, and buoyancy. However, the mechanisms that underpin this adaptation are not
Qian Zhang +5 more
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Temporal Responses to Warming: Do Wild Herbivores Trade Off Heat, Predators, and Humans?
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We untangled how summer temperature, predators, and humans influenced behavioral responses in two deer species. Both reduced their daily activity level in response to warming, yet only roe deer increased nocturnality to avoid heat. Conversely, fallow deer traded off heat avoidance with predator avoidance.
Noemi Pallari +6 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract The surface area of organisms is a key parameter in ecological and evolutionary applications. For example, surface area‐dependent traits such as rates of cutaneous water loss and of heat absorbed are relevant for predicting animal desiccation rates and body temperatures.
Jody Thorburn +2 more
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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America. [PDF]
PLoS OneLitynski ML, Field S, Haas R.
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Content validation of the nursing diagnosis “Adult Disuse Syndrome”: A quantitative study
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose This study aimed to establish the content validity of the proposed nursing diagnosis (ND) “Adult Disuse Syndrome” and all its components. Method This is an exploratory descriptive study of diagnostic content validation under Fehring's proposal.
Edinson Fabian Ardila‐Suárez +2 more
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Perceived Thermoregulation Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Symptom Burden in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Multicountry Questionnaire-Based Study. [PDF]
Juntendo Med JMashayekhi Y +12 more
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