Thermoregulation under semi-natural conditions in speckled mousebirds: The role of communal roosting

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a,b   Körtner, Gerhard ^a,c   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Communal roosting; Facultative hypothermic responses torpor; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ROOSTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; COLIIFORMES; COLIUS STRIATUS;

EID: 33750961024     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[155:TUSCIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ASCHOFF, J. 1982. The circadian rhythm of body temperature as a function of body size. In: A Companion to Animal Physiology, (eds) C.R. Taylor, R. Johansen & L. Bolis, pp. 173-188. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
2. BARTHOLOMEW, G.A. & TROST, C.H. 1970. Temperature regulation in the speckled mousebird, Colius striatus. Condor 72: 141-146.
3. BOIXHINZEN, C. & LOVEGROVE, B.G. 1998. Circadian metabolic and thermoregulatory patterns of red billed woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus): the influence of huddling. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 33-41.
4. BROWN, C.R. & FOSTER, G.G. 1992. The thermal and energetic significance of clustering in the speckled mousebird, Colius striatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 162: 668-685.
5. DAWSON, W.R. & WHITTOW G.C. 2000. Regulation of body temperature. In: Avian Physiology, (ed.) P.D. Sturkie, pp. 343-390. Academic Press, New York.
6. DE JUANA, E. 2001. Family Coliidae (mousebirds). In: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Mousebirds to Hornbills, (eds) J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot & J. Sargatal, pp. 60-77. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
7. DEAN, W.R.J. & WILLIAMS, J.B. 1999. Sunning behaviour and its possible influence on digestion in the white backed mousebird Colius colius. Ostrich 70: 239-241.
8. DU PLESSIS, M.A. 2004. Physiological ecology. In: Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds, (eds) W.D. Koenig & J.L. Dickinson, pp. 117-127. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
9. DU PLESSIS, M.A. & WILLIAMS, J.B. 1994. Communal cavity roosting in green woodhoopoes: consequences for energy expenditure and the seasonal pattern on mortality. Auk 111: 292-299.
10. FERGUSON, J.W.H., NIJLAND, M.J.M. & BENNETT, N.C. 2002. Simple roost nests confer large energetic savings for sparrow weavers. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 172: 137-143.
11. GARLAND, T. & ADOLPH, S.C. 1994. Why not to do two species comparative studies: limitations on inferring adaptation. Physiological Zoology 67: 797-828.
12. GEISER, F. & DRURY, R.L. 2003. Radiant heat affects thermoregulation and energy expenditure during re-warming from torpor. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 173: 55-60.
13. GEISER, F., GOODSHIP, N. & PAVEY, C.R. 2002. Was basking important in the evolution of mammalian endothermy? Naturwissenschaften 89: 412-414.
14. HARRISON, J.A., ALLAN, D.G., UNDERHILL, L.G., HERREMANS, M., TREE, A.J., PARKER, V. & BROWN, C.J. 1997. The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Volume 1: Non Passerines. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
15. KÖRTNER, G., BRIGHAM, R.M. & GEISER, F. 2000. Winter torpor in a large bird. Nature 407: 318.
16. LIGON, J.D., CAREY, C. & LIGON, S.H. 1988. Cavity roosting, philopatry, and co operative breeding in the green woodhoopoe may reflect a physiological trait. Auk 105: 123-127.
17. LIGON, J.D., CAREY, C., LIGON, S.H. & FARLEY, G.H. 1989. Response to Ward et al. Auk 106: 343-344.
18. LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2000. Daily heterothermy in mammals: coping with unpredictable environments In: Life in the Cold: 11th International Hibernation Symposium, (eds) G. Heldmaier & M. Klingenspor, pp. 29-40. Springer, Berlin.
19. LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2003. The influence of climate on the basal metabolic rate of small mammals: a slow fast metabolic continuum. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 173: 87-112.
20. McKECHNIE, A.E., KÖRTNER, G. & LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2004. Rest phase thermoregulation in free ranging white backed mousebirds. Condor 106: 144-150.
21. McKECHNIE, A.E. & LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2001a. Heterothermic responses in the speckled mousebird (Colius striatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 507-518.
22. McKECHNIE, A.E. & LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2001b. Thermoregulation and the energetic significance of clustering behavior in the white backed mousebird (Colius colius). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 238-249.
23. McKECHNIE, A.E. & LOVEGROVE, B.G. 2002. Avian facultative hypothermic responses: a review. Condor 104: 705-724.
24. McKECHNIE, A.E. & WOLF, B.O. 2004. Solar radiation and the energetic cost of rewarming from torpor. In: Life in the Cold: Evolution, Mechanisms, Adaptation and Application. 12th International Hibernation Symposium, (eds) B.M. Barnes & FLV Carey, pp. 63-70. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
25. PRINZINGER, R. 1988. Energy metabolism, body temperature and breathing parameters in non torpid blue naped mousebirds Urocolius macrourus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 157: 801-806.
26. PRINZINGER, R., GÖPPEL, R., LORENZ, A. & KULZER, E. 1981. Body temperature and metabolism in the red backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) during fasting and torpor Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 69A: 689-692.
27. PRINZINGER, R., PREßMAR, A. & SCHLEUCHER, E. 1991. Body temperature in birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 99A: 499-506.
28. TIELEMAN, B.I. & WILLIAMS, J.B. 2000. The adjustment of avian metabolic rates and water fluxes to desert environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73: 461-479.
29. WALSBERG, G.E. 1985. Physiological consequences of microhabitat selection in birds. In: Habitat Selection in Birds, (ed.) M.L. Cody, pp. 389-419. Academic Press, New York.
30. WALSBERG, G.E. 1990. Communal roosting in a very small bird: consequences for the thermal and respiratory environments. Condor 92: 795-798.
31. WARD, D., PINSHOW, B., AFIK, D., LINDER, Y. & WINKLER, N. 1989. Cavity roosting, philopatry and cooperative breeding in the green woodhoopoe may not reflect a physiological trait. Auk 106: 342.
32. WEATHERS, W.W., KOENIG, W.D. & STANBACK, M.T. 1990. Breeding energetics and thermal ecology of the acorn woodpecker in central coastal California. Condor 92: 341-359.
33. WEATHERS, W.W. & SULLIVAN, K.A. 1989. Juvenile for-aging proficiency, parental effort, and avian reproductive success. Ecological Monographs 59: 223-246.
34. WILLIAMS, J.B., DU PLESSIS, M.A. & SIEGFRIED, W.R. 1991. Green woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus) and obligate cavity roosting provide a test of the thermoregulatory insufficiency hypothesis. Auk 108: 285-293.
35. WRANGHAM, R.W. & RUBENSTEIN, D.I. 1986. Social evolution in mammals and birds. In: Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution: Birds and Mammals, (eds) D.I. Rubenstein & R.W. Wrangham, pp. 452-470. Princeton University Press, New Jersey
36. ZAR, J.H. 1999. Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.