Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction
Small endothermic mammals have high metabolisms, particularly at cold temperatures. In the light of this, some species have evolved a seemingly illogical strategy: they reduce the size of the brain and several organs to become even smaller in winter. To test how this morphological strategy affects e...
Main Authors: | Paul J. Schaeffer, M. Teague O'Mara, Japhet Breiholz, Lara Keicher, Javier Lázaro, Marion Muturi, Dina K. N. Dechmann |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
The Royal Society
2020-04-01
|
Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.191989 |
Similar Items
-
Geographic patterns in seasonal changes of body mass, skull, and brain size of common shrews
by: Javier Lázaro, et al.
Published: (2021-03-01) -
Growth overshoot and seasonal size changes in the skulls of two weasel species
by: Scott LaPoint, et al.
Published: (2017-01-01) -
Fotoplastikon di Jacek Dehnel come macchina multimediale
by: Lidia Mafrica
Published: (2018-12-01) -
Energetic responses of avian granivores to winter in northeast Kansas
by: Shuman, Theresa Warnock.
Published: (2015) -
Predicting well-connected SEP events from observations of solar EUVs and energetic protons
by: Núñez Marlon, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01)