Antarctic marine animals face one of the most extreme thermal environments, characterized by a stable and narrow range of low seawater temperatures. At the same time, the Antarctic marine ecosystems are threatened by ...

Many ectotherms have the ability to voluntarily detach a body part, known as autotomy, usually in response to predator attacks. Autotomy can have an immediate benefit for survival, but it can also involve costs related to ...

Global warming is affecting biodiversity; however, the extent to which animal reproductive processes respond to predicted temperature increments remains largely unexplored. The thermal environment has a pronounced impact ...

Body size (BS) varies in response to several selective pressures. In ectotherms, thermal inertia may affect thermoregulation, since larger BSs increase heat conservation as Bergmann originally stipulated for endotherms. ...

Dada a importância da temperatura na maior parte dos processos biológicos, estudos sobre a termorregulação têm desempenhado importante papel no entendimento sobre a ecologia dos vertebrados ectotérmicos. Em serpentes, como ...

Dada a importância da temperatura na maior parte dos processos biológicos, estudos sobre a termorregulação têm desempenhado importante papel no entendimento sobre a ecologia dos vertebrados ectotérmicos. Em serpentes, como ...

Animais ectotérmicos têm suas funções fisiológicas fortemente influenciadas pela temperatura. Por exemplo, taxas metabólicas e de crescimento destes animais podem ser afetadas pela temperatura corpórea. Estudos com foco ...

Geographical gradients of body size express climate-driven constraints on animals, but whether they exist and what causes them in ectotherms remains contentious. For amphibians, the water conservation hypothesis posits ...