Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter
JR Speakman, Q Chi, Ł Ołdakowski… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with low precipitation, low oxygen partial pressure, and
temperatures routinely dropping below− 30° C in winter, presents several physiological …
temperatures routinely dropping below− 30° C in winter, presents several physiological …
Cost of living dictates what whales, dolphins and porpoises eat: the importance of prey quality on predator foraging strategies
Understanding the mechanisms that drive prey selection is a major challenge in foraging
ecology. Most studies of foraging strategies have focused on behavioural costs, and have …
ecology. Most studies of foraging strategies have focused on behavioural costs, and have …
Snow roosting reduces temperature-associated stress in a wintering bird
Animals in temperate northern regions employ a variety of strategies to cope with the
energetic demands of winter. Behavioral plasticity may be important, as winter weather …
energetic demands of winter. Behavioral plasticity may be important, as winter weather …
Temporal and spatial variations in body mass and thermogenic capacity associated with alterations in the gut microbiota and host transcriptome in mammalian …
S Ren, L Zhang, X Tang, Y Zhao, Q Cheng… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Most wild animals follow Bergmann's rule and grow in body size as cold stress increases.
However, the underlying thermogenic strategies and their relationship with the gut …
However, the underlying thermogenic strategies and their relationship with the gut …
Body temperature, heart rate, and activity patterns of two boreal homeotherms in winter: Homeostasis, allostasis, and ecological coexistence
Organisms survive environmental variation by combining homeostatic regulation of critical
states with allostatic variation of other traits, and species differences in these responses can …
states with allostatic variation of other traits, and species differences in these responses can …
The impact of variable predation risk on stress in snowshoe hares over the cycle in North America's boreal forest: adjusting to change
SG Lavergne, CJ Krebs, AJ Kenney, S Boutin… - Oecologia, 2021 - Springer
The boreal forest is one of the world's ecosystems most affected by global climate warming.
The snowshoe hare, its predators, and their population dynamics dominate the mammalian …
The snowshoe hare, its predators, and their population dynamics dominate the mammalian …
Seasonal stage differences overwhelm environmental and individual factors as determinants of energy expenditure in free‐ranging red squirrels
Despite the central importance of the rate of energy expenditure in the lives of animals, the
major drivers of within‐species variation in energy expenditure remain uncertain, largely …
major drivers of within‐species variation in energy expenditure remain uncertain, largely …
Coat color mismatch improves survival of a keystone boreal herbivore: energetic advantages exceed lost camouflage
Climate warming is causing asynchronies between animal phenology and environments.
Mismatched traits, such as coat color change mismatched with snow, can decrease survival …
Mismatched traits, such as coat color change mismatched with snow, can decrease survival …
Seasonal effects of habitat on sources and rates of snowshoe hare predation in Alaskan boreal forests
D Feierabend, K Kielland - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Survival and predation of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) has been widely studied, yet
there has been little quantification of the changes in vulnerability of hares to specific …
there has been little quantification of the changes in vulnerability of hares to specific …
Sloths like it hot: ambient temperature modulates food intake in the brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Sloths are considered to have one of the lowest mass-specific metabolic rates of any
mammal and, in tandem with a slow digestive rate, have been theorized to have …
mammal and, in tandem with a slow digestive rate, have been theorized to have …