Physiology of thermoregulation.

Recent advances in thermoregulation.

Thermoregulation is the maintenance of a relatively constant core body temperature. Humans normally maintain a body temperature at 37°C, and maintenance of this relatively high temperature is critical to human survival. This concept is so important that control of thermoregulation is often the principal example cited when teaching physiological homeostasis. A basic understanding of the processe...

The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiop truncatus). III Thermoregulation at depth

Biology of Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). I. Thermoregulation.

l. Thermoregulatory patterns and levels of controlled body temperature ( Tb) in adult female Myotis thysanodes and M. lucifugus throughout their stay in maternity colonies are significantly affected by stage of reproduction and even more by stage of pregnancy, but are not affected by abundance of body fat or age. 2. It is impossible to distinguish regulating bats from conforming bats in ambient...

Thermoregulatory behaviour limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change

1. Thermoregulation buffers environmental variation, which enables a species to persist during climate change but ultimately hinders adaptation of thermal tolerance by weakening selective pressure. 2. We used a model of optimal thermal physiology to demonstrate how thermoregulatory behaviour limits local adaptation of thermal physiology in a widespread group of lizards, the Sceloporus undulatus...

The insulation bag: learning thermoregulation through a "hands-in" activity.

Melvin Limson, Johanna Krontiris-Litowitz, Rudy M. Ortiz, Thomas A. Pressley, and Marsha Lakes Matyas Education Office, American Physiological Society, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio; School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of California, Merced, California; and Department of Cell and Mo...

Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Thermoregulation of the North American Mink during Rest and Activity in the Aquatic Environment

Thermoregulation of the North American Mink during Rest and Activity in the Aquatic Environment Author(s): Terrie M. Williams Source: Physiological Zoology, Vol. 59, No. 3 (May Jun., 1986), pp. 293-305 Published by: . Sponsored by the University of Chicago Press Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org...