Environmental temperature predicts resting metabolic rates in tropidurinae lizards

Autor(es)

Giaconnetti, Danilo ; Bars-Closel, Melissa ; Kohlsdorf, Tiana ; de Carvalho, Jose Eduardo ; de Barros, Fabio Cury

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: OURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOG; v. 337, n. 9-10, p. 14-pg., 2022-09-20.

Resumo

Interspecific variation in metabolic rates may be associated with climate, habitat structure, and resource availability. Despite a strong link between ecology and physiology, there is a dearth in the understanding of how the costs of body maintenance change during ecological transitions. We focused on an ecologically diverse group of neotropical lizards (Tropidurinae) to investigate whether and how resting metabolic rate (RMR) evolved under divergent micro- and macrohabitat conditions. Using a phylogenetic framework, we tested whether species from hot and dry habitats had lower RMRs in relation to those from cooler and mesic habitats, and investigated whether microhabitat usage had an effect over body mass-adjusted RMRs. Our results suggest that RMRs are not phylogenetically structured in Tropidurinae. We found no correlation between metabolism, precipitation, and microhabitat usage. Species from warmer habitats had lower RMR compared to those from cooler habitats, supporting a mechanism of negative compensation in metabolic responses to temperature. Ectotherms from warmer habitats can limit energetic demand and expenditure through reduced RMR, whereas those from cooler habitats may sustain activity despite thermal constraints via increased RMR. Our work highlights the role of temperature in shaping metabolic responses in lizards, giving additional support to the notion that physiology and ecological contexts are intertwined. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/07650-6 - Ecologia, evolução e desenvolvimento (Eco-Evo-Devo) na herpetofauna brasileira
• Beneficiário: Tiana Kohlsdorf
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 20/12962-5 - Um olhar sobre a heterogeneidade dos habitats: como a fisiologia e o comportamento de lagartos tropiduríneos permitiram a ocupação de florestas e ambientes abertos?
• Beneficiário: José Eduardo de Carvalho
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 13/14125-0 - Análise integrativa do dimorfismo sexual em lagartos: morfologia, significado funcional e seleção
• Beneficiário: Renata Brandt Nunes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado