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JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
卷 69, 期 -, 页码 104-109出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.06.010
关键词
Plecturocebus bernhardi; Postural behaviour; Microhabitat selection; Resting; Huddling; Thermoneutral zone
资金
- Brazilian Higher Education Authority (CAPES)
- Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) [303306/2013-0]
Maintaining a constant body temperature is critical to the proper functioning of metabolic reactions. Behavioural thermoregulation strategies may minimize the cost of energetic balance when an animal is outside its thermoneutral zone. We investigated whether ambient temperature and relative air humidity influence the use of behavioural strategies by a group of Prince Bernhard's titi monkeys (Callicebus bernhardi) living in a forest fragment. We monitored a social group composed of four individuals (an adult couple and two juveniles) for 1010 h from March to September 2015. We used the instantaneous scan sampling method to record the body posture, the microhabitat, and the occurrence of huddling with group mate(s) when animals were resting. We recorded ambient temperature and relative humidity in the shade every 10 min with a data logger hanging at a height of approximately 5 m. Daytime temperature ranged from 18.5 degrees C to 38.5 degrees C and relative humidity ranged from 21% to 97%. Titi monkeys avoided sunny places at higher temperatures, especially above 31 degrees C. Minimum night temperature did not influence the choice of resting microhabitats during the first hour after sunrise. Sitting was the major resting posture during the day (62%). Titi monkeys increased the use of heat -dissipating postures at ambient temperatures > 27 degrees C. In addition, an increase in relative humidity increased the use of these postures at 26 degrees C, 27 degrees C, 29 degrees C and 33 degrees C, but caused a decrease at 24 degrees C. On the other hand, the ambient temperature did not influence the occurrence of huddling. We conclude that microhabitat choice and postural behaviour are important for titi monkeys to prevent overheating and suggest that these behavioural adjustments might also be critical for other tropical arboreal mammals.
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