Sex-specific microhabitat use is associated with sex-biased thermal physiology in
Anolis
Climate change
Habitat use
Sexual dimorphism
Thermal tolerance
Thermoregulation
Journal
The Journal of experimental biology
ISSN: 1477-9145
Titre abrégé: J Exp Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0243705
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 01 2021
22 01 2021
Historique:
received:
17
08
2020
accepted:
07
12
2020
pubmed:
18
12
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
17
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
If fitness optima for a given trait differ between males and females in a population, sexual dimorphism may evolve. Sex-biased trait variation may affect patterns of habitat use, and if the microhabitats used by each sex have dissimilar microclimates, this can drive sex-specific selection on thermal physiology. Nevertheless, tests of differences between the sexes in thermal physiology are uncommon, and studies linking these differences to microhabitat use or behavior are even rarer. We examined microhabitat use and thermal physiology in two ectothermic congeners that are ecologically similar but differ in their degree of sexual size dimorphism. Brown anoles (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33328289
pii: jeb.235697
doi: 10.1242/jeb.235697
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests.