The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming

By Michael R. Kearney, R. Shine, Warren P. Porter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Behavioural responses to human‐induced environmental change (2011, background): “Animals may, for example, shuttle between sun and shade to maintain an optimal body temperature to avoid negative effects on physiology (Kearney et al., 2009).”
Local climatic changes affect biodiversity responses to land use: A review (2019, background): “However, precipitation niches are important on their own (Frishkoff et al., 2016) and, in addition, water availability affects the ability of endotherms and ectotherms to cope with thermal stress (Clusella‐ Trullas et al., 2011; Kearney et al., 2009; Khaliq et al., 2014).”
Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation (2014, neutral): “For each species, we used the biophysical modeling software “ Niche Mapper ” (21), monthly means of daily maximum and minimum temperatures, and other climate variables to simulate T e of nonthermoregulating, 5-g lizard-shaped objects with 90% solar absorptivity with a midpoint 1 cm above the ground.”
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the responses of large terrestrial mammals to heat and aridity associated with climate change (2016, background): “outlined for ectotherms [156], behaviour is likely to play an important role in buffering large mammals against”
Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda (2021, positive): “Buffered forest microclimates and the microhabitats within forests (e.g., root caverns, tree holes, fallen trunks) enable organisms to avoid extreme heat and drought (Kearney et al. 2009; Scheffers et al. 2013a, 2014b).”
Behavior and nutritional condition buffer a large‐bodied endotherm against direct and indirect effects of climate (2014, background): “E-mail: ralong@princeton.edu 513 environment (e.g., the ‘‘Bogert effect’’; Huey et al. 2003), and the capacity for such buffering against climatic variability is likely to play a critical role in determining responses of many species to future changes in climate (Kearney et al. 2009).”
Burrow‐dwelling ecosystem engineers provide thermal refugia throughout the landscape (2013, background): “Animals may be able to continue functioning under extreme conditions if accessible microhabitats provide thermal buffers from the ambient environment, and therefore provide access to tolerable conditions (Kearney et al., 2009; Lagarde et al., 2012).”
Vulnerability of global biodiversity hotspots to climate change (2021, background): “…climate conditions are not correlated closely with exposure to conditions that affect the performance and survival of organisms, as might occur, for example, when microclimate heterogeneity is high (Suggitt et al., 2018) or when organisms exhibit thermoregulatory behaviour (Kearney et al., 2009).”
What determines the climatic niche width of species? The role of spatial and temporal climatic variation in three vertebrate clades (2013, background): “However, this relationship may be weakened if there is behavioural thermoregulation (e.g. Kearney et al., 2009), and some species may be able tolerate climatic conditions beyond those where they currently occur (i.e. the fundamental climatic niche may be greater than the realized climatic niche,…”