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Petrović TG, Vučić T, Burraco P, Gavrilović BR, Despotović SG, Gavrić JP, Radovanović TB, Šajkunić S, Ivanović A, Prokić MD. Higher temperature induces oxidative stress in hybrids but not in parental species: A case study of crested newts. J Therm Biol 2023; 112:103474. [PMID: 36796919 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Ectotherms are particularly sensitive to global warming due to their limited capacity to thermoregulate, which can impact their performance and fitness. From a physiological standpoint, higher temperatures often enhance biological processes that can induce the production of reactive oxygen species and result in a state of cellular oxidative stress. Temperature alters interspecific interactions, including species hybridization. Hybridization under different thermal conditions could amplify parental (genetic) incompatibilities, thus affecting a hybrid's development and distribution. Understanding the impact of global warming on the physiology of hybrids and particularly their oxidative status could help in predicting future scenarios in ecosystems and in hybrids. In the present study, we investigated the effect of water temperature on the development, growth and oxidative stress of two crested newt species and their reciprocal hybrids. Larvae of Triturus macedonicus and T. ivanbureschi, and their T. macedonicus-mothered and T. ivanbureschi-mothered hybrids were exposed for 30 days to temperatures of 19°C and 24°C. Under the higher temperature, the hybrids experienced increases in both growth and developmental rates, while parental species exhibited accelerated growth (T. macedonicus) or development (T. ivanbureschi). Warm conditions also had different effects on the oxidative status of hybrid and parental species. Parental species had enhanced antioxidant responses (catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase and SH groups), which allowed them to alleviate temperature-induced stress (revealed by the absence of oxidative damage). However, warming induced an antioxidant response in the hybrids, including oxidative damage in the form of lipid peroxidation. These findings point to a greater disruption of redox regulation and metabolic machinery in hybrid newts, which can be interpreted as the cost of hybridization that is likely linked to parental incompatibilities expressed under a higher temperature. Our study aims to improve mechanistic understanding of the resilience and distribution of hybrid species that cope with climate-driven changes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tamara G Petrović
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, the Netherlands; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), C/ Americo Vespucci 26, 41092, Seville, Spain.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Pottier P, Burke S, Drobniak SM, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S. Sexual (in)equality? A meta‐analysis of sex differences in thermal acclimation capacity across ectotherms. Funct Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Patrice Pottier
- Ecology & Evolution Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Ecology & Evolution Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Ecology & Evolution Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
- Institute of Environmental Sciences Jagiellonian University Kraków Poland
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- Ecology & Evolution Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Ecology & Evolution Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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Vicenzi N, Bacigalupe LD, Laspiur A, Ibargüengoytía N, Sassi PL. Could plasticity mediate highlands lizards' resilience to climate change? A case study of the leopard iguana (Diplolaemus leopardinus) in Central Andes of Argentina. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:269253. [PMID: 34160050 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The predicted rise of global temperatures is of major concern for ectotherms because of its direct impact on their behavior and physiology. As physiological performance mediates a species' resilience to warming exposure, physiological plasticity could greatly reduce the susceptibility to climate change. We studied the degree to which Diplolaemus leopardinus lizards are able to adjust behavioral and physiological traits in response to short periods of temperature change. We used a split cross design to measure the acclimation response of preferred body temperature (Tp), and the thermal performance curve of resting metabolic rate (RMR) and evaporative water loss (EWL). Our results showed that plasticity differs among traits: whereas Tp and EWL showed lower values in warm conditions, the body temperature at which RMR was highest increased. Moreover, RMR was affected by thermal history, showing a large increase in response to cold exposure in the group initially acclimated to warm temperatures. The reduction of EWL and the increase in optimal temperature will give lizards the potential to partially mitigate the impact of rising temperatures in the energy cost and water balance. However, the decrease in Tp and the sensitivity to the warm thermal history of RMR could be detrimental to the energy net gain, increasing the species' vulnerability, especially considering the increase of heat waves predicted for the next 50 years. The integration of acclimation responses in behavioral and physiological traits provides a better understanding of the range of possible responses of lizards to cope with the upcoming climatic and environmental modifications expected as a result of climate change.
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- Nadia Vicenzi
- Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA-CONICET), Avenida Ruiz Leal s/n, Mendoza 5500, Argentina.,Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Padre Contreras 1300, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INIBIOMA-CONICET), Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INIBIOMA-CONICET), Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA-CONICET), Avenida Ruiz Leal s/n, Mendoza 5500, Argentina.,Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Padre Contreras 1300, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
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Hoffmann EP, Cavanough KL, Mitchell NJ. Low desiccation and thermal tolerance constrains a terrestrial amphibian to a rare and disappearing microclimate niche. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 9:coab027. [PMID: 33959292 PMCID: PMC8084025 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coab027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Drier and hotter conditions caused by climate change threaten species that exist close to their physiological limits, as well as those with limited ability to move. Habitat specialists may also be particularly vulnerable if they have specific abiotic requirements. Here we assess whether thermal and hydric constraints can explain the highly restricted and declining distributions of the critically endangered terrestrial-breeding frog, Geocrinia alba. We also evaluate the species' vulnerability to climate change based on the similarity of current microclimatic conditions to their physiological limits. We found that G. alba had low thresholds of thermal and desiccation tolerance relative to other anuran species. The estimated thermal optimum (Topt ) and critical thermal maxima (CTmax ) were 23.3°C and 29.6°C, respectively, and adult frogs had an absorption threshold (AT, the lowest water potential at which water can be absorbed from a substrate) of -50 kPa, the lowest recorded for an amphibian. Comparing environmental conditions and water loss in the field using agar models showed that riparian habitats where frogs occur provide a unique microclimate in the landscape, offering significantly lower desiccation risk during extreme summer conditions compared to immediately adjacent riparian and terrestrial habitats. Monitoring of microclimate conditions within occupied frog habitats over 2 years showed that in extreme dry and hot years the AT was exceeded at six of eight sites, and Topt was exceeded at two of eight sites. Given their specific physiological limits, the apparent rarity of suitable microclimates and a regional drying-warming trend, we suggest that G. alba occupies a potentially disappearing niche and may be indicative of other habitat specialists that rely on ephemeral drainages. More broadly, this study highlights that desiccation thresholds may tightly constrain amphibian distributions and need to be considered along with thermal tolerance thresholds when predicting the impacts of climate change.
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- Emily P Hoffmann
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Perth Zoo, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, PO Box 489, South Perth, Western Australia 6951, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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Modification of the "acute" method for calculating the final preferred temperatures: As applied to Daphnia longispina (Crustacea: Cladocera). J Therm Biol 2021; 98:102939. [PMID: 34016359 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Given the global temperature anomalies observed in recent years, knowing the temperature preferences of ectotherms is very important. The purpose of this study was to determine the final preferred temperature (FPT) and the preferred temperature (PT) range in non-acclimated animals in comparison with acclimated animals, as well as with data obtained by the gravitational method using the example of Cladocera Daphnia longispina. For the first time, the FPT in D. longispina was determined by the "acute" and gravitational methods (18.4 and 18.8 ± 1.7 °C, respectively). We showed that it is possible to calculate the PT range from the standard deviations and/or confidence intervals of PT linear regression that cross the line of equality. The range of PT for acclimated D. longispina obtained by the "acute" method was 17.5-19.4 °C and 16-22 °C as calculated by the gravitational method. The ranges of pejus (7-15 and 23-24 °C) and avoided (3-6 and 25-27 °C) temperatures were also determined. The possibility of using the "acute" method for determining FPT in animals selected from natural habitats without prior acclimation has been shown.
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Ryan LM, Gunderson AR. Competing native and invasive Anolis lizards exhibit thermal preference plasticity in opposite directions. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2020; 335:118-125. [PMID: 33052040 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Invasive species have emerged as a significant problem in the age of anthropogenic change. Behavior can be key to invasive species success and is strongly affected by temperature. Therefore, knowledge of the temperature dependence of behavior is likely critical to understand invasive species dynamics and their interactions with native species. In this study, we tested for differences in thermal preference plasticity and temperature-dependent activity levels in a pair of congeneric lizards found in the United States: the invasive Anolis sagrei and the native A. carolinensis. We predicted that A. sagrei would demonstrate greater thermal preference plasticity and would utilize a higher and/or wider range of activity temperatures than A. carolinensis. Both would point to plasticity allowing A. sagrei to behaviorally exploiting thermal conditions that A. carolinensis cannot. We found that both species exhibited plasticity in thermal preference, but in opposite directions: preferred temperatures of A. carolinensis increased with acclimation temperature, while those of A. sagrei decreased. As a result, which species had a higher thermal preference changed with acclimation conditions. We saw no difference in overall field activity rates between the species, but that A. sagrei did tend to be active over a broader range of body temperatures. In sum, we found little evidence that differences in thermal preference plasticity between the species allow A. sagrei to remain active at a higher or broader temperature range than A. carolinensis. Nonetheless, the thermal preference data suggest complementary thermal preferences between the species that could promote microclimatic partitioning, though more work is required to test this idea.
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- Lucy M Ryan
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Differential plasticity of membrane fatty acids in northern and southern populations of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). J Comp Physiol B 2019; 189:249-260. [PMID: 30673816 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01203-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Seasonal changes in membrane composition and metabolic activity allow many temperate ectotherms to contend with changes in body temperature, but few studies have investigated whether the plasticity of these traits has diverged within a single species. Therefore, we studied the effects of thermal acclimation on the membrane fatty acid composition and the activities of cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) and citrate synthase (CS) in the skeletal muscle and liver of eastern newts from Maine and Florida. Newts were acclimated to either 6 °C or 28 °C for 12 weeks prior to experiments. Cold acclimation resulted in a lower saturated fatty acid (SFA) content in the muscle membranes of both populations. SFA content in liver was lower in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts from Florida, but acclimation did not affect SFA content in liver membranes of the Maine population. In liver, cold acclimation resulted in a higher monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) content in the Florida population and a higher polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content in the Maine population. Regardless of acclimation conditions, the muscle and liver membranes of the Maine population had higher SFA and PUFA contents compared to those of the Florida population. MUFA content of muscle and liver membranes was higher in the Florida population compared to the Maine population. The effect of acclimation on CCO and CS activity was tissue-specific. In muscle, CCO and CS activities were higher in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts in both populations, and CS and CCO activities were higher in the Maine compared to the Florida population. In liver, CCO and CS activity were unaffected by acclimation in the Florida population, but activity was lower in cold compared to warm-acclimated Maine newts. These results demonstrate that the phenotypic plasticity of these traits in response to seasonal change has diverged between northern and southern populations.
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Several amphibian lineages epitomize the faunal biodiversity crises, with numerous reports of population declines and extinctions worldwide. Predicting how such lineages will cope with environmental changes is an urgent challenge for biologists. A promising framework for this involves mechanistic modeling, which integrates organismal ecophysiological features and ecological models as a means to establish causal and consequential relationships of species with their physical environment. Solid frameworks built for other tetrapods (e.g., lizards) have proved successful in this context, but its extension to amphibians requires care. First, the natural history of amphibians is distinct within tetrapods, for it includes a biphasic life cycle that undergoes major habitat transitions and changes in sensitivity to environmental factors. Second, the accumulated data on amphibian ecophysiology is not nearly as expressive, is heavily biased towards adult lifeforms of few non-tropical lineages, and overlook the importance of hydrothermal relationships. Thus, we argue that critical usage and improvement in the available data is essential for enhancing the power of mechanistic modeling from the physiological ecology of amphibians. We highlight the complexity of ecophysiological variables and the need for understanding the natural history of the group under study and indicate directions deemed crucial to attaining steady progress in this field.
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Prokić MD, Despotović SG, Vučić TZ, Petrović TG, Gavrić JP, Gavrilović BR, Radovanović TB, Saičić ZS. Oxidative cost of interspecific hybridization: a case study of two Triturus species and their hybrids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.182055. [PMID: 30127083 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.182055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Oxidative stress has most recently been suggested as one of the possible mechanisms responsible for reduced fitness of hybrids. To explore possible oxidative cost of hybridization, we examined anti-oxidant defence system parameters (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, glutathione reductase, glutathione, SH groups), their interconnectedness (index of integration) and levels of oxidative damage [concentrations of lipid peroxides, TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances)] in laboratory-reared newt species, Triturus macedonicus and T. ivanbureschi, and their hybrid. Our results showed that parental species differed in anti-oxidant defence system parameters, but not in the levels of integration of the whole system and oxidative damage. Individuals of T. ivanbureschi had higher activities of superoxide dismutase, glutathione S-transferase and concentrations of glutathione. Hybrid individuals of crested newts displayed higher levels of the anti-oxidant defence system (higher superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase activities and concentrations of SH groups), and a lower overall correlation of anti-oxidant system (lower index of integration) in comparison with both parental species, suggesting that they may possess a less efficient anti-oxidant defence system and a higher investment in maintaining oxidative balance. The higher investment in the anti-oxidant system could divert limited resources away from other functions and affect further hybrid fitness. The presented findings contribute to a better understanding of the anti-oxidant defence system of crested newts and their interspecies differences, and support the hypothesis that oxidative stress is one of the costs of interspecific hybridization.
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- Marko D Prokić
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Faculty of Biology, Institute for Zoology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research 'Siniša Stanković', University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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So CKJ, Schwanz LE. Thermal plasticity due to parental and early‐life environments in the jacky dragon (
Amphibolurus muricatus
). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2018; 329:308-316. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.2197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- C. K. Janelle So
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney Syndey Australia
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- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney Syndey Australia
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More S, Bøtner A, Butterworth A, Calistri P, Depner K, Edwards S, Garin-Bastuji B, Good M, Gortázar Schmidt C, Michel V, Miranda MA, Nielsen SS, Raj M, Sihvonen L, Spoolder H, Stegeman JA, Thulke HH, Velarde A, Willeberg P, Winckler C, Baldinelli F, Broglia A, Candiani D, Fabris C, Georgiadis M, Zancanaro G, Beltrán-Beck B, Kohnle L, Bicout D. Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ( Bsal). EFSA J 2017; 15:e05071. [PMID: 32625359 PMCID: PMC7010176 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) has been assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), in particular criteria of Article 7 on disease profile and impacts, Article 5 on the eligibility of Bsal to be listed, Article 9 for the categorisation of Bsal according to disease prevention and control rules as in Annex IV, and Article 8 on the list of animal species related to Bsal. The assessment has been performed following a methodology composed of information collection and compilation, expert judgement on each criterion at individual and, if no consensus was reached before, also at collective level. The output is composed of the categorical answer, and for the questions where no consensus was reached, the different supporting views are reported. Details on the methodology used for this assessment are explained in a separate opinion. According to the assessment performed, Bsal can be considered eligible to be listed for Union intervention as laid down in Article 5(3) of the AHL. The disease would comply with the criteria as in sections 4 and 5 of Annex IV of the AHL, for the application of the disease prevention and control rules referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 9(1). The assessment here performed on compliance with the criteria as in Section 1 of Annex IV referred to in point (a) of Article 9(1) is inconclusive. The animal species to be listed for Bsal according to Article 8(3) criteria are species of the families Salamandridae and Plethodontidae as susceptible and Salamandridae and Hynobiidae as reservoirs.
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Katz N, Pruitt JN, Scharf I. The complex effect of illumination, temperature, and thermal acclimation on habitat choice and foraging behavior of a pit-building wormlion. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2362-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Gunderson AR, Dillon ME, Stillman JH. Estimating the benefits of plasticity in ectotherm heat tolerance under natural thermal variability. Funct Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Alex R. Gunderson
- Romberg Tiburon Center and Department of BiologySan Francisco State University3150 Paradise DriveTiburonCA94920USA
- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140BerkeleyCA94720‐3140USA
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- Department of Zoology and Physiology and Program in EcologyUniversity of Wyoming1000 East University Ave.LaramieWY82071USA
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- Romberg Tiburon Center and Department of BiologySan Francisco State University3150 Paradise DriveTiburonCA94920USA
- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140BerkeleyCA94720‐3140USA
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Bahrndorff S, Gertsen S, Pertoldi C, Kristensen TN. Investigating thermal acclimation effects before and after a cold shock inDrosophila melanogasterusing behavioural assays. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Simon Bahrndorff
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience; Section of Biology and Environmental Science; Aalborg University; Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H DK-9220 Aalborg East Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience; Section of Biology and Environmental Science; Aalborg University; Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H DK-9220 Aalborg East Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience; Section of Biology and Environmental Science; Aalborg University; Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H DK-9220 Aalborg East Denmark
- Aalborg Zoo; Mølleparkvej 63 DK-9000 Aalborg Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience; Section of Biology and Environmental Science; Aalborg University; Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H DK-9220 Aalborg East Denmark
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Gvoždík L. Mismatch Between Ectotherm Thermal Preferenda and Optima for Swimming: A Test of the Evolutionary Pace Hypothesis. Evol Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9305-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xu C, Dang W, Luo L, Lu H. Aquatic and terrestrial locomotor performance of juvenile three-keeled pond turtles acclimated to different temperatures. ANIM BIOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1163/15707563-00002475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Locomotion is important for behaviors such as foraging and predator avoidance, and is influenced by temperature in ectotherms. To investigate this in turtles, we acclimated juvenile Chinese three-keeled pond turtles, Chinemys reevesii, under three thermal conditions for four weeks. Subsequently, we measured three locomotor performances (swimming, running, and righting) at different test temperatures. Overall, swimming and running speeds of turtles increased with increasing test temperature in the range of 13-33°C and decreased at higher test temperatures, whereas righting time decreased with increasing test temperature in the range of 13-33°C and slightly increased at higher test temperatures. Acclimation temperature affected both swimming and running speeds, with the high temperature-acclimated turtles swimming and running faster than low temperature-acclimated turtles, but it did not affect righting performance. From the constructed thermal performance curves, between-group differences were found in the estimated maximal speed (swimming and running) and optimal temperature, but not in the performance breadth. Juvenile turtles acclimated to relatively warm temperatures had better performances than those acclimated to cool temperatures, supporting the “hotter is better” hypothesis. A similar acclimatory change was found during aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in juvenile C. reevesii. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that animals from less thermally variable environments should have a greater acclimatory ability than those from more variable environments, because turtles were acclimated under aquatic environments with no thermal variability.
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- Chunxia Xu
- 1Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Adaptation and Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310036, China
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- 1Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Adaptation and Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310036, China
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- 2School of Biology and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou Anhui, 239000, China
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- 1Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Adaptation and Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310036, China
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The thermal plasticity of locomotor performance has diverged between northern and southern populations of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). J Comp Physiol B 2014; 185:103-10. [PMID: 25388211 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0869-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Many temperate ectotherms undergo thermal acclimation to remain functional over a wide range of body temperatures, but few studies have investigated whether populations of a single species have evolved differences in the thermal plasticity of locomotor performance. Therefore, we asked whether the thermal plasticity of locomotor performance has diverged between northern and southern populations of eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens). We acclimated eastern newts from Florida and Maine to cold (6 °C) or warm (28 °C) conditions for 12 weeks. Following acclimation, we measured the burst speed of newts at 6, 11.5, 17, 22.5, 28, and 33.5 °C. We also measured the activities of creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in skeletal muscle of newts. The newts from Maine were better able to acclimate to low temperature compared to newts from Florida. Regardless of acclimation, the thermal sensitivity of burst speed was higher in the Florida compared to the Maine population. In general, newts from Maine performed better at low temperatures, whereas newts from Florida performed better at high temperatures. The activities of CK and LDH were lower in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts in the Florida population, but acclimation did not affect the activities of these enzymes in the Maine population. The activities of CK and LDH do not explain differences in the thermal plasticity of locomotor performance between populations. Our results demonstrate that the thermal sensitivity and plasticity of locomotor performance differ between northern and southern populations of eastern newts, suggesting that these traits readily adapt to the thermal environment.
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Mineo PM, Schaeffer PJ. Does the thermal plasticity of metabolic enzymes underlie thermal compensation of locomotor performance in the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 323:52-9. [PMID: 25382581 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) upregulate the metabolic capacity of skeletal muscle in winter to compensate for thermodynamic effects on metabolism. However, whether this compensation facilitates locomotor performance at low temperature is unknown. Therefore, our aim was to determine if thermal acclimation of metabolic enzymes in muscle benefits locomotion. Eastern newts from southern Ohio were acclimated to cold (5°C, 10:14 L:D) or warm (25°C, 14:10 L:D) conditions for 12 weeks. Following acclimation, we measured the locomotor performance (burst speed and time until exhaustion) and the activities of metabolic enzymes in skeletal muscle at 5-30°C. Creatine kinase (CK) activity in skeletal muscle was higher in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts, and cold-acclimated newts had a higher burst speed at low temperature compared to warm-acclimated newts. At low temperature, time until exhaustion was higher in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts, but the activities of citrate synthase (CS) and cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) in muscle were lower in cold compared to warm-acclimated newts. Together, these results demonstrate that eastern newts compensate for the effects of low temperature on locomotor performance. Whereas thermal compensation of CK activity is correlated with burst locomotion at low temperature, aerobic enzymes in skeletal muscle (CS and CCO) are not linked to compensation of sustained locomotion.
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Katzenberger M, Hammond J, Duarte H, Tejedo M, Calabuig C, Relyea RA. Swimming with predators and pesticides: how environmental stressors affect the thermal physiology of tadpoles. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98265. [PMID: 24869960 PMCID: PMC4037208 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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To forecast biological responses to changing environments, we need to understand how a species's physiology varies through space and time and assess how changes in physiological function due to environmental changes may interact with phenotypic changes caused by other types of environmental variation. Amphibian larvae are well known for expressing environmentally induced phenotypes, but relatively little is known about how these responses might interact with changing temperatures and their thermal physiology. To address this question, we studied the thermal physiology of grey treefrog tadpoles (Hyla versicolor) by determining whether exposures to predator cues and an herbicide (Roundup) can alter their critical maximum temperature (CTmax) and their swimming speed across a range of temperatures, which provides estimates of optimal temperature (Topt) for swimming speed and the shape of the thermal performance curve (TPC). We discovered that predator cues induced a 0.4°C higher CTmax value, whereas the herbicide had no effect. Tadpoles exposed to predator cues or the herbicide swam faster than control tadpoles and the increase in burst speed was higher near Topt. In regard to the shape of the TPC, exposure to predator cues increased Topt by 1.5°C, while exposure to the herbicide marginally lowered Topt by 0.4°C. Combining predator cues and the herbicide produced an intermediate Topt that was 0.5°C higher than the control. To our knowledge this is the first study to demonstrate a predator altering the thermal physiology of amphibian larvae (prey) by increasing CTmax, increasing the optimum temperature, and producing changes in the thermal performance curves. Furthermore, these plastic responses of CTmax and TPC to different inducing environments should be considered when forecasting biological responses to global warming.
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- Marco Katzenberger
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station - Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station - Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Doñana Biological Station - Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of the Semiarid Region, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Smolinský R, Gvoždík L. Interactive influence of biotic and abiotic cues on the plasticity of preferred body temperatures in a predator-prey system. Oecologia 2012; 170:47-55. [PMID: 22358997 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2283-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ability to modify phenotypes in response to heterogeneity of the thermal environment represents an important component of an ectotherm's non-genetic adaptive capacity. Despite considerable attention being dedicated to the study of thermally-induced developmental plasticity, whether or not interspecific interactions shape the plastic response in both a predator and its prey remains unknown. We tested several predictions about the joint influence of predator/prey scents and thermal conditions on the plasticity of preferred body temperatures (T (p)) in both actors of this interaction, using a dragonfly nymphs-newt larvae system. Dragonfly nymphs (Aeshna cyanea) and newt eggs (Ichthyosaura alpestris) were subjected to fluctuating cold and warm thermal regimes (7-12 and 12-22°C, respectively) and the presence/absence of a predator or prey chemical cues. Preferred body temperatures were measured in an aquatic thermal gradient (5-33°C) over a 24-h period. Newt T (p) increased with developmental temperature irrespective of the presence/absence of predator cues. In dragonflies, thermal reaction norms for T (p) were affected by the interaction between temperature and prey cues. Specifically, the presence of newt scents in cold regime lowered dragonfly T (p). We concluded that predator-prey interactions influenced thermally-induced plasticity of T (p) but not in a reciprocal fashion. The occurrence of frequency-dependent thermal plasticity may have broad implications for predator-prey population dynamics, the evolution of thermal biology traits, and the consequences of sustaining climate change within ecological communities.
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- Radovan Smolinský
- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, Studenec 122, 67502, Koněšín, Czech Republic
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Verbitskii VB, Verbitskaya TI. Thermal preference and avoidance in cladoceran Daphnia magna strauss (crustacea, cladocera) acclimated to constant temperature. BIOL BULL+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359011060148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gvozdík L. Plasticity of preferred body temperatures as means of coping with climate change? Biol Lett 2011; 8:262-5. [PMID: 22072284 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Thermoregulatory behaviour represents an important component of ectotherm non-genetic adaptive capacity that mitigates the impact of ongoing climate change. The buffering role of behavioural thermoregulation has been attributed solely to the ability to maintain near optimal body temperature for sufficiently extended periods under altered thermal conditions. The widespread occurrence of plastic modification of target temperatures that an ectotherm aims to achieve (preferred body temperatures) has been largely overlooked. I argue that plasticity of target temperatures may significantly contribute to an ectotherm's adaptive capacity. Its contribution to population persistence depends on both the effectiveness of acute thermoregulatory adjustments (reactivity) in buffering selection pressures in a changing thermal environment, and the total costs of thermoregulation (i.e. reactivity and plasticity) in a given environment. The direction and magnitude of plastic shifts in preferred body temperatures can be incorporated into mechanistic models, to improve predictions of the impact of global climate change on ectotherm populations.
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- Lumír Gvozdík
- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, Koněšín, Czech Republic.
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Šamajová P, Gvoždík L. Inaccurate or disparate temperature cues? Seasonal acclimation of terrestrial and aquatic locomotor capacity in newts. Funct Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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TERBLANCHE JS, KLEYNHANS E. Phenotypic plasticity of desiccation resistance inGlossinapuparia: are there ecotype constraints on acclimation responses? J Evol Biol 2009; 22:1636-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01784.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- J. S. TERBLANCHE
- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Gvoždík L, Van Damme R. The evolution of thermal performance curves in semi-aquatic newts: Thermal specialists on land and thermal generalists in water? J Therm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Northern grass lizards (Takydromus septentrionalis) from different populations do not differ in thermal preference and thermal tolerance when acclimated under identical thermal conditions. J Comp Physiol B 2007; 178:343-9. [PMID: 18071715 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0227-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2007] [Revised: 11/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We acclimated adults of Takydromus septentrionalis (northern grass lizard) from four localities (populations) under identical thermal conditions to examine whether local thermal conditions have a fixed influence on thermal preference and thermal tolerance in the species. Selected body temperature (Tsel), critical thermal minimum (CTMin), and critical thermal maximum (CTMax) did not differ between sexes and among localities in lizards kept under identical laboratory conditions for approximately 5 months, and the interaction effects between sex and locality on these measures were not significant. Lizards acclimated to the three constant temperatures (20, 25, and 35 degrees C) differed in Tsel, CTMin, and CTMax. Tsel, CTMin, and CTMax all shifted upward as acclimation temperature increased, with Tsel shifting from 32.0 to 34.1 degrees C, CTMin from 4.9 to 8.0 degrees C, and CTMax from 42.0 to 44.5 degrees C at the change-over of acclimation temperature from 20 to 35 degrees C. Lizards acclimated to the three constant temperatures also differed in the range of viable body temperatures; the range was widest in the 25 degrees C treatment (38.1 degrees C) and narrowest in the 35 degrees C treatment (36.5 degrees C), with the 20 degrees C treatment in between (37.2 degrees C). The results of this study show that local thermal conditions do not have a fixed influence on thermal preference and thermal tolerance in T. septentrionalis.
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