降低温度调节能力有助于增加城市箱 (Terrapene spp.) 的死亡率
Stella F Uiterwaal1, Jamie L Palmer2, Saima Farook3
1Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, East Alton, IL, USA.
Journal of thermal biology
|May 23, 2025
概括
与农村海相比,城市盒子海在炎热和寒冷两种情况下都难以调节体温. 这种受损的温度调节,特别是冬季较冷的温度,降低了它们的生存率,并影响了城市野生动物种群.
科学领域:
- 城市生态学 城市生态学
- 野生动物生理学 野生动物生理学
- 热调节 热调节 热调节
背景情况:
- 与农村地区相比,城市环境显著改变野生动物生态和行为.
- 城市和农村息地之间的温度差异是影响这些差异的一个关键因素.
- 研究重点是城市热岛,往往忽视了城市野生动物潜在的寒冷压力.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究自由生活的城市野生动物体温的现场数据.
- 评估城市温度对动物生理学的生态影响.
- 为了比较城市与农村盒的温度调节效果,跨越极端温度.
主要方法:
- 利用了10年来关于箱 (Terrapene spp.) 的数据. 身体的温度. 身体的温度.
- 城市公园的体温与农村的体温的比较.
- 在极端热和极冷温度下分析了温度调节的有效性.
主要成果:
- 城市盒子在极端热和极端寒冷时表现出比农村更低效的温度调节.
- 城市海经历了比农村海更冷,更可变的冬季体温.
- 城市海在炎热的月份有更高的体温,尽管没有证据表明城市热岛效应.
- 极度寒冷的冬季体温与随后一年的生存率较低有关.
结论:
- 城市环境损害了箱的行为温度调节,可能是由于息地质量和运动减少.
- 冬季的温度调节是一个关键的,被低估的因素,影响城市生态热植物的健康和丰富性.
- 了解低温对人类改变环境中的野生动物的影响至关重要,特别是随着持续的城市化和气候变化.
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