Adaptation to heat and water shortage in large, arid-zone mammals

Although laboratory studies of large mammals have revealed valuable information on thermoregulation, such studies cannot predict accurately how animals respond in their natural habitats. Through insights obtained on thermoregulatory behavior, body temperature variability, and selective brain cooling...

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Published inPhysiology (Bethesda, Md.) Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 159 - 167
Main Authors Fuller, Andrea, Hetem, Robyn S, Maloney, Shane K, Mitchell, Duncan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2014
Subjects
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
Animals
Body Temperature Regulation - physiology
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Hot Temperature
Humans
Mammals - physiology
Water - physiology
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Summary:Although laboratory studies of large mammals have revealed valuable information on thermoregulation, such studies cannot predict accurately how animals respond in their natural habitats. Through insights obtained on thermoregulatory behavior, body temperature variability, and selective brain cooling in free-living mammals, we show here how we can better understand the physiological capacity of large mammals to cope with hotter and drier arid-zone habitats likely with climate change.
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ISSN:1548-9213
1548-9221
DOI:10.1152/physiol.00049.2013