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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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10613 Zoology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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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Abstract
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.
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