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DOI | 10.1006/jare.2000.0742 |
Heat production and body temperature of Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps): a bird from hot desert habitats | |
Anava, A; Kam, M; Shkolnik, A; Degen, AA | |
通讯作者 | Degen, AA |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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ISSN | 0140-1963 |
出版年 | 2001 |
卷号 | 48期号:1页码:59-67 |
英文摘要 | The Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps; adult body mass = 65-75 g) lives in groups all year round and inhabits extreme deserts. We measured body temperature (T-b) and resting metabolic rate (as O-2 consumption) and calculated thermal conductance of Arabian babblers at air temperatures (T-a) ranging between 11 and 44 degreesC. T-b increased from 40 degreesC to 42.9 degreesC. The thermoneutral zone (TNZ) was found to occur at high air temperatures and was wide (31.6 degreesC-40 degreesC). The metabolic rate of 1.34 ml O-2 g (-1) h (-1) is half of that predicted for a passerine of its body mass. Allometric comparison with passerine species of up to 125 g body mass indicates that the resting metabolic rate (RMR) of babblers is about 71% of the basal metabolic rate (BMR) expected for a passerine of its body mass. When the RMR of the babblers was compared with the phylogenetically-adjusted equation for BMR of birds, RMR was only 73% of the value predicted from this equation. Its thermal conductance at a lower critical temperature of 3.16 degreesC was 0.307 mWcm (-2) degreesC (-1), which is 14.9% higher than that predicted for a bird of its body mass. The low heat production, the ability to tolerate high T-b, the wide TNZ at high T-a and high thermal conductance are physiological adaptations of Arabian babblers to extreme deserts. (C) 2001 Academic Press. |
英文关键词 | Arabian babbler Turdoides squamiceps heat production body temperature thermal neutral zone thermal conductance desert adaptations |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000168353100007 |
WOS关键词 | METABOLIC-RATE ; SIZE |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/141063 |
作者单位 | (1)Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Wyler Dept Dryland Agr, Desert Anim Adaptat & Husb, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel;(2)Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Life Sci, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel;(3)Tel Aviv Univ, George S Wise Fac Life Sci, Dept Zool, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Anava, A,Kam, M,Shkolnik, A,et al. Heat production and body temperature of Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps): a bird from hot desert habitats[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2001,48(1):59-67. |
APA | Anava, A,Kam, M,Shkolnik, A,&Degen, AA.(2001).Heat production and body temperature of Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps): a bird from hot desert habitats.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,48(1),59-67. |
MLA | Anava, A,et al."Heat production and body temperature of Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps): a bird from hot desert habitats".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 48.1(2001):59-67. |
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