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DOI	10.1007/s10661-022-09863-3
	Behavioral fever in Bosk's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in an industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia
	Nasri, Intissar; Hammouda, Abdessalem; Belliure, Josabel; Selmi, Slaheddine
通讯作者	Selmi, S (corresponding author)，Univ Gabes, Fac Sci Gabes, UR Ecol La Faune Terr UR17ES44, Zrig 6072, Gabes, Tunisia.
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ISSN	0167-6369
EISSN	1573-2959
出版年	2022
卷号	194 期号:3
英文摘要	As an indicator of physiological state of lizards, thermoregulatory behavior has been proposed as an assessment tool of environmental contamination, particularly in desert ecosystems where lizards represent a major biological component. Although pesticide contamination has been shown to induce behavioral fever in lizards, the possible pyrogenic effect of heavy metals has received less attention. The objective of this study was to provide data on this issue by using Bosk's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in a metal-contaminated industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia as a study model. Combining field observations of behavior with measures of thermoregulatory performance under laboratory conditions, we found that proximity to the industrial zone was associated to a different thermoregulatory behavior of lizards. There was a tendency of lizards living close to the contamination source to display behavioral fever, as they spent more time in the sun, preferred higher body temperatures, and warmed up faster, compared to lizards living far away. This heat-seeking behavior is likely a reaction to improve the functioning of physiological systems involved in the defense against toxic effects of heavy metals, possibly through the increase of metabolic rate, stimulation of enzymes involved in the detoxification process, and enhancement of immune defense systems. Our findings stress the need for further detailed studies into the physiological mechanisms linking metal contamination to behavioral fever. They also underline the usefulness of thermoregulatory behavior as a reliable, non-destructive, and inexpensive, individual-level biomarker in lizard ecotoxicology and biomonitoring of contaminated desert environments.
英文关键词	Behavioral fever Heavy metals Lizards Thermoregulation Tunisia
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000755146400010
WOS关键词	METABOLIC-RATE ; TEMPERATURE ; TOXICITY ; METALS
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376233
作者单位	[Nasri, Intissar; Hammouda, Abdessalem; Selmi, Slaheddine] Univ Gabes, Fac Sci Gabes, UR Ecol La Faune Terr UR17ES44, Zrig 6072, Gabes, Tunisia; [Belliure, Josabel] Univ Alcala De Henares, Dept Ciencias Vida, Unidad Ecol, Edif Ciencias, Madrid 28871, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nasri, Intissar,Hammouda, Abdessalem,Belliure, Josabel,et al. Behavioral fever in Bosk's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in an industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia[J],2022,194(3).
APA	Nasri, Intissar,Hammouda, Abdessalem,Belliure, Josabel,&Selmi, Slaheddine.(2022).Behavioral fever in Bosk's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in an industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia.ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT,194(3).
MLA	Nasri, Intissar,et al."Behavioral fever in Bosk's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in an industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia".ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 194.3(2022).