Sportive lemurs elevate their metabolic rate during challenging seasons and do not enter regular heterothermy.

ABSTRACT: Animals experience seasonal changes of environmental and ecological conditions in most habitats. Fluctuations in ambient temperature have a strong influence on thermoregulation, particularly on small endothermic mammals. However, different mammalian species cope differently with these changes. Understanding the physiological responses of organisms to different seasons and analysing the mechanisms that account for intra- and inter-specific differences and the ecological consequences of these variations is important to predict species responses to climatic changes. Consequences of climatic changes will be most pronounced in climatically already challenging habitats, such as the dry regions of western Madagascar. We aimed to identify the seasonal responses and adaptive possibilities in energy

SUBMITTER: Bethge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436000 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature