Skin morphology in context of thermoregulation and heat dissipation in the social African mole-rat Fukomys mechowii

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Skin morphology in context of thermoregulation and heat dissipation in the social African mole-rat Fukomys mechowii

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Giant mole-rats (Fukomys mechowii), as other members of the family of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae), are subterranean rodents which spend their whole lives in self-constructed burrow systems. Digging and maintaining of burrows is physically demanding and produces large amount of metabolic heat, potentially leading to body overheating. Heat dissipation underground is constrained by limited ventilation and high humidity in burrows. Moreover, mole-rats lack body appendages, such as long legs, auricles or tails, which could enhance body surface and be used for heat dissipation. The most efficient way to dissipate surplus heat seems to be conduction, i.e. pressing specialized body parts to burrow walls. Relatively high thermal conductance found in subterranean rodents suggests that conduction is indeed a most efficient way for thermoregulation in these animals. Body parts with the most prominent thermal exchange, the so-called thermal windows, were described in several mammalian species. Thermal windo

Název v anglickém jazyce

Skin morphology in context of thermoregulation and heat dissipation in the social African mole-rat Fukomys mechowii

Popis výsledku anglicky

Giant mole-rats (Fukomys mechowii), as other members of the family of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae), are subterranean rodents which spend their whole lives in self-constructed burrow systems. Digging and maintaining of burrows is physically demanding and produces large amount of metabolic heat, potentially leading to body overheating. Heat dissipation underground is constrained by limited ventilation and high humidity in burrows. Moreover, mole-rats lack body appendages, such as long legs, auricles or tails, which could enhance body surface and be used for heat dissipation. The most efficient way to dissipate surplus heat seems to be conduction, i.e. pressing specialized body parts to burrow walls. Relatively high thermal conductance found in subterranean rodents suggests that conduction is indeed a most efficient way for thermoregulation in these animals. Body parts with the most prominent thermal exchange, the so-called thermal windows, were described in several mammalian species. Thermal windo

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

ISSN

0362-2525

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

280

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2019

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

2

Strana od-do

202-203

Kód UT WoS článku

000470768500617

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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