侵袭性青表现出高度和适应较低温度的持续生理差异
Jack R Marchetti1, Karen H Beard2, Emily E Virgin1
1Department of Biology and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
Journal of thermal biology
|June 2, 2023
概括
青 (Eleutherodactylus coqui) 可以适应较低的温度,这表明它们有可能侵入夏威夷的高海拔地区. 它们的热耐受性和生理学随着海拔和适应时间而变化.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 生理学 生理学 生理学
- 侵入性物种 生物学 生物学
背景情况:
- 侵入性 (Eleutherodactylus coqui) 正在扩大其在夏威夷的范围.
- 人们担心它可能会侵入对特有物种至关重要的高海拔息地.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查青的热耐受性和生理学是否随着夏威夷的海拔梯度而变化.
- 为了确定的热适应能力.
主要方法:
- 在夏威夷的低,中,高海拔地区收集了青.
- 进行了短期和长期实验,以评估耐热性和生理反应.
- 测量了临界热最小值 (CTmin),血糖,氧化应激和皮质水平.
主要成果:
- 科基青在短时间的适应后在更高的海拔上表现出较低的CTmin,显示出局部适应.
- 在经过长时间的适应后,CTmin在冷适应的青中下降,不论起源的高度如何.
- 血糖水平与升高呈正相关,而氧化应激在女性中较高.
结论:
- 青表现出显著的热可塑性,在几周内适应较低的温度.
- 这种适应能力表明青有可能向更高海拔息地扩张.
- 高度范围的扩展可能不像以前假设的那样受到低温的限制.
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