Terrestrial amphibians respond to rapidly changing temperatures with individual plasticity of exploratory behaviour

HUBÁČEK, Jiří and Lumír GVOŽDÍK. Terrestrial amphibians respond to rapidly changing temperatures with individual plasticity of exploratory behaviour. Journal of Thermal Biology. Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2024, vol. 119, January, p. "103757", 8 pp. ISSN 0306-4565. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103757.

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Original name

Terrestrial amphibians respond to rapidly changing temperatures with individual plasticity of exploratory behaviour

Authors

HUBÁČEK, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Lumír GVOŽDÍK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Journal of Thermal Biology, Amsterdam, Pergamon, 2024, 0306-4565

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.700 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103757

UT WoS

001132994000001

Keywords in English

Behavioural plasticity; Environmental change; Personality; Repeatability; Thermal performance curve

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International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

Terrestrial ectotherms react to acute changes in environmental temperatures by adjusting their behaviour. Evaluating the adaptive potential of these behavioural adjustments requires information on their repeatability and plasticity. We examined behavioural response (exploration) to acute temperature change in two amphibian taxa, alpine (Ichthyosaura alpestris) and smooth (Lissotriton vulgaris) newts. These responses were investigated at both population and individual levels under multiple thermal contexts (dimensions), represented by the direction and range of changing temperature and rearing thermal regimes. Population-level analyses showed speciesspecific, non-additive effects of direction and range of temperature change on acute thermal reaction norms for exploration, but explained only a low amount (7-23%) of total variation in exploration. In contrast, withinand among-individual variation in acute thermal reaction norm parameters explained 42-50% of total variation in the examined trait. Although immediate thermal responses varied among individuals (repeatability = 0.07 to 0.53), they were largely shaped by environmental contexts during repeated trials. We conclude that these amphibians respond to acute temperature change through individual plasticity of behavioural traits. A repeatedmeasures approach under multiple thermal contexts will be needed to identify the selective and plastic potential of behavioural responses used by juvenile newts and perhaps other ectotherm taxa to cope with rapidly changing environmental temperatures.