Biotelemetry: a mechanistic approach to ecology

SJ Cooke, SG Hinch, M Wikelski, RD Andrews… - Trends in ecology & …, 2004 - cell.com
Remote measurement of the physiology, behaviour and energetic status of free-living
animals is made possible by a variety of techniques that we refer to collectively as …

Moist heat stress on a hotter Earth

JR Buzan, M Huber - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
As the world overheats—potentially to conditions warmer than during the three million years
over which modern humans evolved—suffering from heat stress will become widespread …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Co** with thermal challenges: physiological adaptations to environmental temperatures

GJ Tattersall, BJ Sinclair, PC Withers, PA Fields… - Compr …, 2012 - zaf.biol.pmf.unizg.hr
Temperature profoundly influences physiological responses in animals, primarily due to the
effects on biochemical reaction rates. Since physiological responses are often exemplified …

Cerebral perturbations provoked by prolonged exercise

L Nybo, NH Secher - Progress in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
This review addresses cerebral metabolic and neurohumoral alterations during prolonged
exercise in humans with special focus on associations with fatigue. Global energy turnover …

Mechanisms of thermoregulation and water balance in desert ungulates

JWC III, PR Krausman, SS Rosenstock… - Wildlife Society …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Desert ungulates must contend with high solar radiation, high ambient temperatures, a lack
of water and cover, unpredictable food resources, and the challenges these factors present …

[PDF][PDF] The evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms

MJ Angilletta, BS Cooper, MS Schuler… - Frontiers in Bioscience E, 2010 - Citeseer
Introduction 3. Adaptation to thermal heterogeneity 4. Thermoregulation 4.1. Patterns of
thermoregulatory precision 4.2. Optimal thermoregulation 4.3. Evidence of adaptive …

Towards a mechanistic understanding of the responses of large terrestrial mammals to heat and aridity associated with climate change

A Fuller, D Mitchell, SK Maloney, RS Hetem - Climate Change Responses, 2016 - Springer
In the face of climate change, the life history traits of large terrestrial mammals will prevent
them from adapting genetically at a sufficient pace to keep track with changing …

Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation

AA Zaidi, BC Mattern, P Claes, B McEcoy… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The evolutionary reasons for variation in nose shape across human populations have been
subject to continuing debate. An import function of the nose and nasal cavity is to condition …

Responses of large mammals to climate change

RS Hetem, A Fuller, SK Maloney, D Mitchell - Temperature, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Most large terrestrial mammals, including the charismatic species so important for
ecotourism, do not have the luxury of rapid micro-evolution or sufficient range shifts as …