Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios.
Choloepus hoffmanni
Climate change
Conservation
Energetics
Metabolism
Resting metabolic rate
Sloth
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2024
2024
Historique:
received:
23
01
2024
accepted:
03
09
2024
medline:
1
10
2024
pubmed:
1
10
2024
entrez:
1
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Although climate change is predicted to have a substantial effect on the energetic requirements of organisms, the longer-term implications are often unclear. Sloths are limited by the rate at which they can acquire energy and are unable to regulate core body temperature (T
Identifiants
pubmed: 39351373
doi: 10.7717/peerj.18168
pii: 18168
pmc: PMC11441404
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e18168Informations de copyright
©2024 Cliffe et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare there are no competing interests. The authors are not aware of any competing interests that the Indiegogo crowdfunders and Sloth Conservation Foundation donors may have.