Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios.


Journal

PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
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

e18168

Informations 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.

Auteurs

Rebecca N Cliffe (RN)

The Sloth Conservation Foundation, Hayfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
Swansea Lab for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

Heather E Ewart (HE)

The Sloth Conservation Foundation, Hayfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

David M Scantlebury (DM)

School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Sarah Kennedy (S)

The Sloth Conservation Foundation, Hayfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

Judy Avey-Arroyo (J)

The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica, Limon, Costa Rica.

Daniel Mindich (D)

The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica, Limon, Costa Rica.

Rory P Wilson (RP)

Swansea Lab for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

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