Journal article
Physiological and ecological implications of a simple model of heating and cooling in reptiles
Journal of thermal biology, v 24(2), pp 113-136
1999
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Abstract
A model of heat exchange in reptiles is used to investigate the role of blood flow in controlling rates of heating/cooling in animals in complex thermal environments. The model suggests an allometry of heating and cooling time constants and of the effects of blood flow on those time constants that accords with published data. The model suggests a simple physical reason for the increased effect of blood flow on time constants in large animals. Two tools (the model and an impulse response method) are presented to allow projection of body temperatures in complex thermal habitats. Application of the model to ecologically important situations suggest that mass, blood flow, and shuttling schedules affect the rate of heating and cooling and the effect of blood flow on the range of body temperatures experienced.
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- Title
- Physiological and ecological implications of a simple model of heating and cooling in reptiles
- Creators
- M.P. O’Connor - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of thermal biology, v 24(2), pp 113-136
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000079928500004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0032934411
- Other Identifier
- 991019168857104721
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