... 2023 © 2023. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023 Highlighted Article: When deprived of water, the insectivorous lizard Zootoca vivipara cannot restore its water balance by eating, but access to good quality food lowers the energetic costs of water scarcity...

... Wright , C. D. , Jackson , M. L. and DeNardo , D. F. ( 2013 ). Meal consumption is ineffective at maintaining or correcting water balance in a desert lizard . Heloderma suspectum. J. Exp. Biol. 216 , 1439 - 1447 . 10.1242/jeb.080895 Wurtsbaugh , W. A. and Neverman , D...

.... Cricetid High air temperatures Water balance Hyperthermia Metabolism National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 DEB 1457524 DEB 1457742 Physiological ecologists have shown a long-standing interest in the ability of small mammals to cope with the hot and arid...

.... Additionally, thermoregulation mediated by food consumption does not conflict with the lizards’ locomotor activity. Energy balance Dehydration Heat Water balance Tropiduridae Water and food availability vary widely in space and time, influencing the maintenance of water balance and energy...

... levels of dehydration elicit drinking of fresh water in three species of North American watersnakes, including a semi-marine species in which moderate, progressive dehydration is also shown to inhibit feeding. Dehydration Snakes Thirst sensitivity Water Water balance Osmoregulation...

..., and we suggest that it is more likely to have a primarily thermoregulatory, rather than a water balance, role. As such, we conclude that EWL at and below the TNZ should not be termed passive EWL ( IUPS Thermal Commission, 2003 ), as there is now clear evidence that this insensible EWL is not passive...

... strategies. Osmoregulation Energetics Oxygen consumption Salt gland Water balance Reptile While many species of terrestrial, freshwater or marine vertebrates take advantage of temporally available resources in estuaries, the diversity of species that live entirely within the estuarine...

... and respiratory evaporative water loss is influenced by temperature and hydration state in a terrestrial toad because of the accompanying changes in metabolic rate and skin permeability. Amphibians Anurans Thermoregulation Water balance Skin resistance Oxygen uptake Terrestrial anuran...

... relative to preprandial drinking is greater in all species, indicating that meal digestion increases the physiological requirement for water. Water Postprandial drinking Water balance Fluid homeostasis Dehydration Digestion Water is essential to life and is procured by drinking in many...

... Gibbs , A. G. and Rajpurohit , S. ( 2010 ). Cuticular lipids and water balance . In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J.   Blomquist and A. G.   Bagnères ), pp. 100 - 120 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . Gunderson , A. R...

... and increased levels of cuticular lipids compared with flies raised in rainy season conditions. In contrast, intermediate trends were observed for water balance-related traits in flies reared under spring or autumn conditions but trait values overlapped across these two seasons. Furthermore, a threefold...

... with aestivation. Mosquito Aestivation Anopheles gambiae Desiccation resistance Water balance Dry season The importance of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles   coluzzii (previously the S and M forms of A. gambiae , respectively) in the transmission of malaria is widely recognized ( WHO, 2014...

... interests. 24 10 2014 1 12 2014 © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Critical thermal minimum Osmotic homeostasis Sodium pump Water balance Low temperature tolerance is especially important for determining geographic range limits of insects ( Battisti...

...Cromwell Purchase; Kathryn R. Napier; Susan W. Nicolson; Todd J. McWhorter; Patricia A. Fleming SUMMARY Nectarivores face a constant challenge in terms of water balance, experiencing water loading or dehydration when switching between food plants or between feeding and fasting. To understand how...

...Christian D. Wright; Marin L. Jackson; Dale F. DeNardo SUMMARY Many xeric organisms maintain water balance by relying on dietary and metabolic water rather than free water, even when free water may be available. For such organisms, hydric state may influence foraging decisions, since meal...

... survival necessitate these arousals. However, mechanistic explanations as to why bats awaken during hibernation and how arousals are triggered remain controversial. We tested the water balance hypothesis in groups of a small bat, Kuhl’s pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus kuhlii Kuhl 1817), that were all...

... for correspondence ( bphilip@rivier.edu ) 8 11 2010 © 2011. 2011 EsAQP1 cold tolerance acclimation osmotic stress water balance Xenopus swelling assay Organisms that experience excessive shifts in solute concentration and water distribution during osmotic challenge risk sustaining...

... ) 27 10 2010 © 2011. 2011 chilling injury chill coma osmoregulation ion homeostasis water balance equilibrium potential alimentary canal The effects of a changing climate on the distribution and abundance of ectotherms will depend on the evolutionary plasticity...

... metabolic rate and water balance in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. * Author for correspondence ( jst@sun.ac.za ) 11 5 2010 © 2010. 2010 metabolic depression respirometry water balance acclimatization climate change starvation desiccation Investigations of gas...

... nest attendance in animals. * Author for correspondence ( zs@asu.edu ) 31 1 2010 © 2010. 2010 adaptive plasticity life history trade-offs metabolism parental care snake thermoregulation water balance Parental care is instrumental to the success of a diverse array...