Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains

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Sassi, Paola Lorena; Novillo, Agustina
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2015
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Ambient temperature strongly affects an ecosystem's characteristics as well as the attributes of individuals, eventually determining the distribution of populations and species. Phenotypic plasticity plays a central role in the administration of energy under thermal variation through traits underlying energy acquisition and expenditure. A powerful approach to assess acclimation ability to environmental variation is studying relevant traits along natural geographic gradients. Our goal was to assess and quantify in the small rodent Phyllotis xanthopygus, changes in traits relevant to energy balance in response to its thermal landscape. We compared energy intake and digestibility by animals from sites at different elevations under different temperatures in the laboratory. Results showed an increase in energy acquisition rates by the lower-elevation individuals to cope with low temperatures, while high-elevation animals appeared unaffected by this treatment. After acclimating to warmer conditions, all individuals showed a similar decrease in energy intake, irrespective of their origin site. We also assessed thermal conductance in individuals from different elevations and found that animals from higher sites exhibited lower heat loss rates. Our evidence suggests that heat conservation differences could in part account for differences among high and low elevation animals in the ability to cope with low temperatures. The lack of plasticity under the warm thermal treatment conforms to recent reports of high conservatism on the upper limit of the thermoneutral zone. P. xanthopygus displays intraspecific variation in the response to temperature, and we propose that this is highly relevant to model its chances in a warming environment.
Fil: Sassi, Paola Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Novillo, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
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Thermal Landscape
Elevation Cline
Energy Balance
Phenotipic Variation
Small Mammals
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spelling Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes MountainsSassi, Paola LorenaNovillo, AgustinaThermal LandscapeElevation ClineEnergy BalancePhenotipic VariationSmall Mammalshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Ambient temperature strongly affects an ecosystem's characteristics as well as the attributes of individuals, eventually determining the distribution of populations and species. Phenotypic plasticity plays a central role in the administration of energy under thermal variation through traits underlying energy acquisition and expenditure. A powerful approach to assess acclimation ability to environmental variation is studying relevant traits along natural geographic gradients. Our goal was to assess and quantify in the small rodent Phyllotis xanthopygus, changes in traits relevant to energy balance in response to its thermal landscape. We compared energy intake and digestibility by animals from sites at different elevations under different temperatures in the laboratory. Results showed an increase in energy acquisition rates by the lower-elevation individuals to cope with low temperatures, while high-elevation animals appeared unaffected by this treatment. After acclimating to warmer conditions, all individuals showed a similar decrease in energy intake, irrespective of their origin site. We also assessed thermal conductance in individuals from different elevations and found that animals from higher sites exhibited lower heat loss rates. Our evidence suggests that heat conservation differences could in part account for differences among high and low elevation animals in the ability to cope with low temperatures. The lack of plasticity under the warm thermal treatment conforms to recent reports of high conservatism on the upper limit of the thermoneutral zone. P. xanthopygus displays intraspecific variation in the response to temperature, and we propose that this is highly relevant to model its chances in a warming environment.Fil: Sassi, Paola Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Novillo, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaElsevier Gmbh2015-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/45959Sassi, Paola Lorena; Novillo, Agustina; Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains; Elsevier Gmbh; Mammalian Biology; 80; 2; 3-2015; 81-861616-5047CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504714001566info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.mambio.2014.12.005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-17T11:39:47Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/45959instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-17 11:39:47.491CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
title Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
spellingShingle Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
Sassi, Paola Lorena
Thermal Landscape
Elevation Cline
Energy Balance
Phenotipic Variation
Small Mammals
title_short Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
title_full Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
title_fullStr Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
title_full_unstemmed Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
title_sort Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sassi, Paola Lorena
Novillo, Agustina
author Sassi, Paola Lorena
author_facet Sassi, Paola Lorena
Novillo, Agustina
author_role author
author2 Novillo, Agustina
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Thermal Landscape
Elevation Cline
Energy Balance
Phenotipic Variation
Small Mammals
topic Thermal Landscape
Elevation Cline
Energy Balance
Phenotipic Variation
Small Mammals
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Ambient temperature strongly affects an ecosystem's characteristics as well as the attributes of individuals, eventually determining the distribution of populations and species. Phenotypic plasticity plays a central role in the administration of energy under thermal variation through traits underlying energy acquisition and expenditure. A powerful approach to assess acclimation ability to environmental variation is studying relevant traits along natural geographic gradients. Our goal was to assess and quantify in the small rodent Phyllotis xanthopygus, changes in traits relevant to energy balance in response to its thermal landscape. We compared energy intake and digestibility by animals from sites at different elevations under different temperatures in the laboratory. Results showed an increase in energy acquisition rates by the lower-elevation individuals to cope with low temperatures, while high-elevation animals appeared unaffected by this treatment. After acclimating to warmer conditions, all individuals showed a similar decrease in energy intake, irrespective of their origin site. We also assessed thermal conductance in individuals from different elevations and found that animals from higher sites exhibited lower heat loss rates. Our evidence suggests that heat conservation differences could in part account for differences among high and low elevation animals in the ability to cope with low temperatures. The lack of plasticity under the warm thermal treatment conforms to recent reports of high conservatism on the upper limit of the thermoneutral zone. P. xanthopygus displays intraspecific variation in the response to temperature, and we propose that this is highly relevant to model its chances in a warming environment.
Fil: Sassi, Paola Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Novillo, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
description Ambient temperature strongly affects an ecosystem's characteristics as well as the attributes of individuals, eventually determining the distribution of populations and species. Phenotypic plasticity plays a central role in the administration of energy under thermal variation through traits underlying energy acquisition and expenditure. A powerful approach to assess acclimation ability to environmental variation is studying relevant traits along natural geographic gradients. Our goal was to assess and quantify in the small rodent Phyllotis xanthopygus, changes in traits relevant to energy balance in response to its thermal landscape. We compared energy intake and digestibility by animals from sites at different elevations under different temperatures in the laboratory. Results showed an increase in energy acquisition rates by the lower-elevation individuals to cope with low temperatures, while high-elevation animals appeared unaffected by this treatment. After acclimating to warmer conditions, all individuals showed a similar decrease in energy intake, irrespective of their origin site. We also assessed thermal conductance in individuals from different elevations and found that animals from higher sites exhibited lower heat loss rates. Our evidence suggests that heat conservation differences could in part account for differences among high and low elevation animals in the ability to cope with low temperatures. The lack of plasticity under the warm thermal treatment conforms to recent reports of high conservatism on the upper limit of the thermoneutral zone. P. xanthopygus displays intraspecific variation in the response to temperature, and we propose that this is highly relevant to model its chances in a warming environment.
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Sassi, Paola Lorena; Novillo, Agustina; Acclimating to thermal changes: Intraspecific variation in a small mammal from the Andes Mountains; Elsevier Gmbh; Mammalian Biology; 80; 2; 3-2015; 81-86
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