Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds
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Resumo: | Behavioural thermoregulation could buffer the impacts of climate warming on vertebrates. Specifically, the wetting of body surfaces and the resulting evaporation of body fluids serves as a cooling mechanism in a number of vertebrates coping with heat. Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto their legs to prevent overheating, a phenomenon known as urohidrosis. Despite the increasingly recognised role of bare and highly vascularised body parts in heat exchange, the ecological and evolutionary determinants of urohidrosis have been largely ignored. We combine urohidrosis data from a scientifically curated media repository with microclimate and ecological data to investigate the determinants of urohidrosis in all extant stork species. Our phylogenetic generalised linear mixed models show that high temperature, humidity and solar radiation, and low wind speed, promote the use of urohidrosis across species. Moreover, species that typically forage in open landscapes exhibit a more pronounced use of urohidrosis than those mainly foraging in waterbodies. Substantial interspecific variation in temperature thresholds for urohidrosis prevalence points to different species vulnerabilities to high temperatures. This integrated approach that uses online data sources and methods to model microclimates should provide insight into animal thermoregulation and improve our capacity to make accurate predictions of climate change’s impact on biodiversity |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birdsurohidrosislong-legged birdsBehavioural thermoregulation could buffer the impacts of climate warming on vertebrates. Specifically, the wetting of body surfaces and the resulting evaporation of body fluids serves as a cooling mechanism in a number of vertebrates coping with heat. Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto their legs to prevent overheating, a phenomenon known as urohidrosis. Despite the increasingly recognised role of bare and highly vascularised body parts in heat exchange, the ecological and evolutionary determinants of urohidrosis have been largely ignored. We combine urohidrosis data from a scientifically curated media repository with microclimate and ecological data to investigate the determinants of urohidrosis in all extant stork species. Our phylogenetic generalised linear mixed models show that high temperature, humidity and solar radiation, and low wind speed, promote the use of urohidrosis across species. Moreover, species that typically forage in open landscapes exhibit a more pronounced use of urohidrosis than those mainly foraging in waterbodies. Substantial interspecific variation in temperature thresholds for urohidrosis prevalence points to different species vulnerabilities to high temperatures. This integrated approach that uses online data sources and methods to model microclimates should provide insight into animal thermoregulation and improve our capacity to make accurate predictions of climate change’s impact on biodiversityNatureRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCabello-Vergel, JuliánSoriano-Redondo, AndreaVillegas, AuxiliadoraMasero, José A.Sánchez Guzmán, JuanGutiérrez, Jorge S.2021-10-21T13:06:33Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22335engScientific Reports (2021) 11:20018https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99296-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:51:52Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22335Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:06:47.269966Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds Cabello-Vergel, Julián urohidrosis long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds |
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Cabello-Vergel, Julián |
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Cabello-Vergel, Julián Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Villegas, Auxiliadora Masero, José A. Sánchez Guzmán, Juan Gutiérrez, Jorge S. |
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Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Villegas, Auxiliadora Masero, José A. Sánchez Guzmán, Juan Gutiérrez, Jorge S. |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Cabello-Vergel, Julián Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Villegas, Auxiliadora Masero, José A. Sánchez Guzmán, Juan Gutiérrez, Jorge S. |
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urohidrosis long-legged birds |
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urohidrosis long-legged birds |
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Behavioural thermoregulation could buffer the impacts of climate warming on vertebrates. Specifically, the wetting of body surfaces and the resulting evaporation of body fluids serves as a cooling mechanism in a number of vertebrates coping with heat. Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto their legs to prevent overheating, a phenomenon known as urohidrosis. Despite the increasingly recognised role of bare and highly vascularised body parts in heat exchange, the ecological and evolutionary determinants of urohidrosis have been largely ignored. We combine urohidrosis data from a scientifically curated media repository with microclimate and ecological data to investigate the determinants of urohidrosis in all extant stork species. Our phylogenetic generalised linear mixed models show that high temperature, humidity and solar radiation, and low wind speed, promote the use of urohidrosis across species. Moreover, species that typically forage in open landscapes exhibit a more pronounced use of urohidrosis than those mainly foraging in waterbodies. Substantial interspecific variation in temperature thresholds for urohidrosis prevalence points to different species vulnerabilities to high temperatures. This integrated approach that uses online data sources and methods to model microclimates should provide insight into animal thermoregulation and improve our capacity to make accurate predictions of climate change’s impact on biodiversity |
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