...Danielle M. Blumstein; Matthew D. MacManes ABSTRACT Desert organisms have evolved physiological, biochemical and genomic mechanisms to survive the extreme aridity of desert environments. Studying desert-adapted species provides a unique opportunity to investigate the survival strategies employed...

...Chloé Chabaud; George A. Brusch; Anouk Pellerin; Olivier Lourdais; Jean-François Le Galliard ABSTRACT To cope with limited availability of drinking water in their environment, terrestrial animals have developed numerous behavioral and physiological strategies including maintaining an optimal...

... interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. © 2023. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023 Summary: Reflections on the development of neuroethology in the Southern Cone of South America. Native species Behavior Physiology Neurons Electric fish Crab...

... canalization (a measure of robustness to environmental variation) of morphological and physiological traits is rarely considered. To test the sensitivity of morphological and physiological traits to environmental variation in two developmental stages, we manipulated brood size at hatch in European starlings...

... or growing fast? Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. Mol. Integr. Physiol. 132 , 723 - 735 . 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00126-5 Farrell , A. P. ( 2011 ). Design and physiology of the heart | The coronary circulation . In Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology , Vol. 2 , pp. 1077 - 1084 . Elsevier...

...Rachel L. Malison; James I. Frakes; Amanda L. Andreas; Priya R. Keller; Emily Hamant; Alisha A. Shah; H. Arthur Woods ABSTRACT Like all taxa, populations of aquatic insects may respond to climate change by evolving new physiologies or behaviors, shifting their range, exhibiting physiological...

...Jackson R. Phillips; Amanda E. Hewes; Molly C. Womack; Kurt Schwenk ABSTRACT Frog larvae (tadpoles) undergo many physiological, morphological and behavioral transformations throughout development before metamorphosing into their adult form. The surface tension of water prevents small tadpoles from...

... of a comparative database, we recommend four practices associated with searching, structuring the database, establishing version control and ensuring accessibility. Biomechanics Morphology Open science Phylogenetics Physiology Systematic review Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council...

...Cornelia Fanter; Carla Madelaire; Diane P. Genereux; Frank van Breukelen; Danielle Levesque; Allyson Hindle ABSTRACT Quantifying the relative importance of genomic and epigenomic modulators of phenotype is a focal challenge in comparative physiology, but progress is constrained by availability...

... into physiological limitations by highlighting periods of high demand, and ultimately allows improvement of conservation strategies. However, quantifying energy expenditure in wildlife can be challenging, as existing methods do not measure both active (e.g. foraging) and resting energy costs across short and long...

... to their thermal maxima, stress response mechanisms found in these organisms are poorly understood. We used a novel physiological–proteomic approach for sponges to describe the stress response mechanisms of the lagoon-inhabiting sponge Amphimedon navalis , when exposed to elevated seawater temperatures of +2°C...

...Jocelyn P. Colella; Danielle M. Blumstein; Matthew D. MacManes ABSTRACT Metabolism is a complex phenotype shaped by natural environmental rhythms, as well as behavioral, morphological and physiological adaptations. Metabolism has been historically studied under constant environmental conditions...

...Ann-Kathrin Ziegler; Hannah Watson; Arne Hegemann; Richard Meitern; Virginie Canoine; Jan-Åke Nilsson; Caroline Isaksson ABSTRACT The large-scale impact of urbanization on wildlife is rather well documented; however, the mechanisms underlying the effects of urban environments on animal physiology...

... ability to forecast responses to climate gradients and change. We start by reviewing concepts relevant to detecting shifts in fitness components, including quantifying the thermal sensitivity of fitness, aggregating fitness components over time, using physiological markers for fitness constraints...

... is associated with significant physiological plasticity for growth. The goal of the current study was to measure several aspects of protein metabolism in larvae growing at different rates to understand the mechanistic basis for this physiological growth plasticity. Larvae of D. excentricus were fed rations...

... temperature (20°C) caused decreases in paracellular permeability. Overall, our study establishes an approach to conduct further in vivo investigation of paracellular transport and suggests that changes in paracellular permeability could form an uncharacterised aspect of the physiological response of S...

...Rachel L. Malison; Amanda G. DelVecchia; H. Arthur Woods; Brian K. Hand; Gordon Luikart; Jack A. Stanford ABSTRACT Aquatic insects cope with hypoxia and anoxia using a variety of behavioral and physiological responses. Most stoneflies (Plecoptera) occur in highly oxygenated surface waters, but some...

... history evolution Physiology Trade-offs There is an immense diversity in the rate of post-embryonic development (the process during which individuals go through different stages of ontogeny from birth to maturation and reproduction) across the animal kingdom, and variation in developmental...

...A. S. Huffmyer; S. B. Matsuda; A. R. Eggers; J. D. Lemus; R. D. Gates ABSTRACT Predicting the sensitivity of reef-building corals to disturbance, including bleaching, requires an understanding of physiological responses to stressors, which may be limited by destructive sampling and the capacity...

...Matthew M. Guzzo; Neil J. Mochnacz; Travis Durhack; Benjamin C. Kissinger; Shaun S. Killen; Jason R. Treberg ABSTRACT Temperature is an important environmental factor influencing fish physiology that varies both spatially and temporally in ecosystems. In small north temperate zone lakes, cold water...