Regional differences in thermoregulation between two European butterfly communities.

Autor: Toro-Delgado E; Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain., Vila R; Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain., Talavera G; Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB), CSIC-CMCNB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain., Turner EC; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Hayes MP; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Horrocks NPC; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Bladon AJ; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of animal ecology [J Anim Ecol] 2024 Feb; Vol. 93 (2), pp. 183-195. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 08.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14039
Abstrakt: Understanding how different organisms cope with changing temperatures is vital for predicting future species' distributions and highlighting those at risk from climate change. As ectotherms, butterflies are sensitive to temperature changes, but the factors affecting butterfly thermoregulation are not fully understood. We investigated which factors influence thermoregulatory ability in a subset of the Mediterranean butterfly community. We measured adult thoracic temperature and environmental temperature (787 butterflies; 23 species) and compared buffering ability (defined as the ability to maintain a consistent body temperature across a range of air temperatures) and buffering mechanisms to previously published results from Great Britain. Finally, we tested whether thermoregulatory ability could explain species' demographic trends in Catalonia. The sampled sites in each region differ climatically, with higher temperatures and solar radiation but lower wind speeds in the Catalan sites. Both butterfly communities show nonlinear responses to temperature, suggesting a change in behaviour from heat-seeking to heat avoidance at approximately 22°C. However, the communities differ in the use of buffering mechanisms, with British populations depending more on microclimates for thermoregulation compared to Catalan populations. Contrary to the results from British populations, we did not find a relationship between region-wide demographic trends and butterfly thermoregulation, which may be due to the interplay between thermoregulation and the habitat changes occurring in each region. Thus, although Catalan butterfly populations seem to be able to thermoregulate successfully at present, evidence of heat avoidance suggests this situation may change in the future.
(© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Animal Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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