Behavioral and physiological thermoregulation of Atacama desert-dwelling <i>Liolaemus</i> lizards

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dc.contributor.authorLabra, A
dc.contributor.authorSoto-Gamboa, M
dc.contributor.authorBozinovic, F
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:30:59Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThe behavioral and physiological thermoregulation of three Atacama desert-dwelling Liolaemus lizards was studied and compared with previous data on Liolaemus from other ecosystems. The thermoregulatory mechanisms of the desert-dwelling species differed from those of the others, a consequence of differences in the habitat structure of the species. Desert species have higher critical thermal minima and, contrary to expectations, lower selected body temperatures than Liolaemus from Mediterranean environments. Results of the rate,, of thermal time constants suggest mechanisms to cope with the fast decrease of environmental temperature that occurs in the desert during the mid-afternoons. Finally, the manner in which selection of low body temperatures may allow survival in desert conditions is discussed. Keywords: thermal time constants, operative temperature, physiological and behavioral thermoregulation.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn1195-6860
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/96952
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000172929700001
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final420
dc.pagina.inicio413
dc.revistaEcoscience
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectthermal time constants
dc.subjectoperative temperature
dc.subjectphysiological and behavioral thermoregulation
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleBehavioral and physiological thermoregulation of Atacama desert-dwelling <i>Liolaemus</i> lizards
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen8
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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