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Evaporative water loss and dehydration during the night in hummingbirds
Provedor de dados: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Autores: HARTMAN BAKKEN,BRADLEY; SABAT,PABLO.
Nectar-feeding birds oscillate between avoiding overhydration when they are feeding and preventing dehydration during fasts. Here, we examined how resting rates of total evaporative water loss (TEWL) and metabolic water production (MWP) influence water balance in the green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides), a Chilean hummingbird. We hypothesized that a circadian rhythm in TEWL would assuage the dehydration risk that hummingbirds face during the night. However, we did not find support for this idea. In resting hummingbirds, rates of TEWL during the day (54 ±6 µLh-1,n = 8) and night (65 ± 12 h-1, n = 5) were similar. Rates of MWP were also similar between the day (22 ±3 µL h-1, n = 8) and night (23 ± 2 µL h-1, n = 5). MWP rates were significantly...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Circadian rhythm; Evaporative water loss; Hummingbird; Osmoregulation; Water balance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2007000300001