A5080488234- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2022-2024
Body size and shape fundamentally determine organismal energy requirements by modulating heat mass exchange with the environment costs of locomotion, thermoregulation, maintenance. Ecologists have long used physical linkage between morphology balance to explain why body many organisms vary across climatic gradients, e.g., larger endotherms are more common in colder regions. However, few modeling exercises aimed at investigating this link from first principles. evolution bats contrasts...
Abstract Background Body size and echolocation call frequencies are related in bats. However, it is unclear if this allometry applies to the entire clade. Differences have been suggested between nasal oral emitting bats, as well some taxonomic families. Additionally, scaling of other parameters, such bandwidth duration, needs further testing. Moreover, would be also interesting test whether changes body coupled with these parameters throughout bat evolution. Here, we peak frequency,...
The extreme low humidity and temperatures in Antarctica make it one of the harsher areas for life on our planet. In a global change context, environmental barriers that prevented arrival alien species are weakening. Deception Island, four active volcanoes Antarctica, is especially vulnerable to impacts species. Geothermal (GA) this Island offer unique microclimatic conditions could differentially affect native soil arthropods. Here we explore desiccation tolerance (Cryptopygus antarcticus)...
Understanding the ecology, physiology, and interactions with humans of viral reservoirs such as bats – mammalian order hosting highest zoonotic richness– is key to forecast emergence new infectious diseases. The flight fever hypothesis has been proposed explain why host, without overt signs illness, a high diversity viruses that show virulence in case spillover. High metabolic rates amount heat produced during would stimulate immune responses, thus allowing control replication while...