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How dryland mammals will respond to climate change: the effects of body size, heat load and a lack of food and water

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Fuller, Andrea, Mitchell, Duncan, Maloney, Shane K., Hetem, Robyn S., Fonsêca, Vinicius F. C., Meyer, Leith C. R., van de Ven, Tanja M. F. N., Snelling, Edward P.·2021·Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI 10.1242/jeb.238113
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Mammals in drylands are facing not only increasing heat loads but also reduced water and food availability as a result of climate change. Insufficient water results in suppression of evaporative cooling and therefore increases in body core temperature on hot days, while lack of food reduces the capacity to maintain body core temperature on cold nights. Both food and water shortage will narrow the prescriptive zone, the ambient temperature range over which body core temperature is held relatively constant, which will lead to increased risk of physiological malfunction and death. Behavioural modifications, such as shifting activity between night and day or seeking thermally buffered microclimates, may allow individuals to remain within the prescriptive zone, but can incur costs, such as reduced foraging or increased competition or predation, with consequences for fitness. Body size will play a major role in predicting response patterns, but identifying all the factors that will contribute to how well dryland mammals facing water and food shortage will cope with increasing heat loads requires a better understanding of the sensitivities and responses of mammals exposed to the direct and indirect effects of climate change.

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Fuller, A., Mitchell, D., Maloney, S. K., Hetem, R. S., Fonsêca, V. F. C., Meyer, L. C. R., van de Ven, T. M. F. N., & Snelling, E. P.
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  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
  • The University of Western Australia (AU)
  • Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown 2193, South Africa
Corresponding author
Fuller, Andrea
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Published
2021-02-15
Volume
224
Issue
Suppl_1
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
DOI
10.1242/jeb.238113
OpenAlex
W3133045251
Cited by
141
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 9
FWCI
2.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1 (vor, 9 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Research Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Claude Leon Foundation
  • Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training
  • Oppenheimer Memorial Trust
  • Tswalu Foundation
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • Australian Research Council
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
Keywords
climate change, body size, heat load, water scarcity, food shortages, core body temperature, evaporative cooling, thermoregulation, behavioral thermoregulation, activity patterns, foraging, predation risk, competition (biology)
MeSH terms
Animals, Body Temperature Regulation, Hot Temperature, Humans, Mammals, Water, Body Size, Climate Change

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