Ecological and evolutionary consequences of metabolic rate plasticity in response to environmental change

T Norin, NB Metcalfe - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Basal or standard metabolic rate reflects the minimum amount of energy required to
maintain body processes, while the maximum metabolic rate sets the ceiling for aerobic …

Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: predicting responses of mammals to climate change

D Mitchell, EP Snelling, RS Hetem… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The accuracy of predictive models (also known as mechanistic or causal models) of animal
responses to climate change depends on properly incorporating the principles of heat …

Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

RB Huey, MR Kearney… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to
environmental change depends on the species' exposure and sensitivity to environmental …

Interconnection between circadian clocks and thyroid function

K Ikegami, S Refetoff, E Van Cauter… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Circadian rhythmicity is an approximately 24-h cell-autonomous period driven by
transcription–translation feedback loops of specific genes, which are referred to as 'circadian …

[图书][B] Ecological physiology of daily torpor and hibernation

F Geiser - 2021 - Springer
The last 'hibernation book'was published in 1982, nearly 40 years ago, so clearly an update
was needed. The options were a book written by a single author or an edited book written by …

[PDF][PDF] The impact and implications of climate change for bats

HA Sherwin, WI Montgomery, MG Lundy - Mammal Review, 2013 - academia.edu
The impact and implications of climate change for bats Page 1 REVIEW The impact and
implications of climate change for bats Hayley A. SHERWIN School of Biological Sciences …

Life history consequences of climate change in hibernating mammals: a review

CP Wells, R Barbier, S Nelson, R Kanaziz… - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic shifts to warmer and often drier conditions are challenging terrestrial species
worldwide. These shifts are occurring more rapidly at higher elevations and latitudes, likely …

More functions of torpor and their roles in a changing world

J Nowack, C Stawski, F Geiser - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2017 - Springer
Increased winter survival by reducing energy expenditure in adult animals is often viewed as
the primary function of torpor. However, torpor has many other functions that ultimately …

The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats

C Stawski, CKR Willis, F Geiser - Journal of Zoology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Animals must balance their energy budgets even when confronted with periodic food
shortages and/or adverse environmental conditions. Especially, small endothermic animals …