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The thermal dependence of lizard behaviour
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New techniques were utilized to measure burst speed and distance running capacity in six species of lizards and to examine the thermal dependence of these behavioural capacities, suggesting adaptations to maintain functional behavioural capacity over a broad range of body temperature.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1980-08-01. It has received 383 citations till now.read more
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Morphology, Performance and Fitness
TL;DR: The problem of measuring selection on morphological traits is simplified by breaking the task into two parts: measurement of the effects of morphological variation on performance and measurement ofThe effects of performance on fitness.
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The evolution of thermal physiology in ectotherms
TL;DR: This review applies classical models of thermal adaptation to predict variation in body temperature within and among populations of mammals and birds and relates these predictions to observations generated by comparative and experimental studies.
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The Economics of Fleeing from Predators
TL;DR: In this article, a simple economic model that predicts in a qualitative way on how costs (loss feeding opportunity and risk) interact to produce an optimal flight distance from approaching predators is presented.
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Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming
Raymond B. Huey,Curtis Deutsch,Joshua J. Tewksbury,Laurie J. Vitt,Paul E. Hertz,Héctor J. Álvarez Pérez,Theodore Garland +6 more
TL;DR: Focal species analyses show that some tropical forest lizards were already experiencing stressful body temperatures in summer when studied several decades ago, and simulations suggest that warming will not only further depress their physiological performance in summer, but will also enable warm-adapted, open-habitat competitors and predators to invade forests.
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Systematic variation in the temperature dependence of physiological and ecological traits
TL;DR: Analysis of the rising component of within-species (intraspecific) responses reveals that 87% are fit well by the Boltzmann–Arrhenius model, and generalities and deviations in the thermal response of biological traits help to provide a basis to predict better how biological systems, from cells to communities, respond to temperature change.
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ATPase Activity of Myosin Correlated with Speed of Muscle Shortening
TL;DR: A role for the ATPase activity of myosin in determining the speed of muscle contraction is suggested and the F-actin-binding ability of myOSin from various muscles was rather constant.
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Body Temperatures of Reptiles
TL;DR: There are often specific, generic, and family differences in thermal tolerances and preferances, though some reptiles show wide ranges of thermal tolerance with no "preferred" body temperature, while others have narrow activity ranges and preferences.
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Anaerobic metabolism during activity in lizards
Albert F. Bennett,Paul Licht +1 more
TL;DR: A new technique developed for the determination of total lactate production in small animals was used to evaluate the role of anaerobiosis during activity at different temperatures in lizards, and the decrease in the blood lactate is shown to be a poor estimator of total recovery.