Browsing by Subject "Acclimation"
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(Springer Verlag, 2004)We investigated the phenotypic plasticity of renal function in three South American coastal passerine Cinclodes (ovenbirds) differing in the proportion of marine prey they consume. Individuals were acclimated to two regimes ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2020)Prosopis tamarugo Phil. es una especie arbórea, nativa de la Pampa del Tamarugal, que actualmente está en peligro de extinción, ya que el nivel freático de los acuíferos ha descendido producto de la extracción del agua ...
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(2013)Variations in the preferred temperatures during the rest periods of Grammostola rosea Walckenaer and Paraphysa parvula Pocock, two mygalomorph spiders occupying different habitats in central Chile, are analyzed. The ...
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(The Company of Biologist, 2014)Mammals exposed to low temperatures increase their metabolic rate to maintain constant body temperature and thus compensate for heat loss. This high and costly energetic demand can be mitigated through thermoregulatory ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)Floating seaweeds are important dispersal vehicles for many organisms in cold-temperate waters between latitudes 30 and 60. Molecular studies suggested that long-distance rafting of seaweeds is more prevalent at the polar ...
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(Public Library Science, 2015)Some epiphytic Hymenophyllaceae are restricted to lower parts of the host (<60 cm; 10-100 mu mol photons m(-2) s(-1)) in a secondary forest of Southern Chile; other species occupy the whole host height (>= 10 m; max PPFD ...
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(2010)Background: Physiological tolerances are important determinants of the biogeography of species. Questions: What is the relationship between thermal tolerance and the biogeographic origin of species? What are the relationships ...
