Seasonal Acclimatization and Latitudinal Compensation in Metabolism: Do They Exist?

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Acclimatization ◽  
Latitudinal Compensation

Physiological responses in Chinese bulbuls to seasonal acclimatization and temperature acclimation

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
夏素素 XIA Susu ◽  
杨芳 YANG Fang ◽  
王润梅 WANG Runmei ◽  
郑蔚虹 ZHENG Weihong ◽  
赵志军 ZHAO Zhijun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Temperature Acclimation ◽  
Seasonal Acclimatization

Seasonal Acclimatization of Thermoregulation in the Black-Capped Chickadee

The Condor ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon J. Cooper ◽  
David L. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Acclimatization

SEASONAL ACCLIMATIZATION IN WILD RATS (RATUS NORVEGICUS)

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 711-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Hart ◽  
O. Heroux
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Size Range ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
Seasonal Acclimatization ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Wild Rats

Wild rats were collected from dumps at Cornwall, Ontario, and Kingston, Ontario, during summer and winter, and oxygen consumption was measured at various temperatures from 30 °C to −61 °C. Oxygen consumption varied with body weight0.83 over a size range of 100 to 400 g and was slightly but significantly higher for males than for females. The relation of oxygen consumption to temperature was similar in rats collected during summer and winter over the temperature range from 20° to about −10 °C but at lower and higher temperatures winter rats had higher metabolic rates. When tested at −40° the oxygen consumption of winter-caught rats was maintained for at least 50 minutes while that of the summer-caught rats declined progressively. It is concluded that wild rats exhibit a metabolic acclimatization to seasonal changes in their environment.

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