TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating physiology, behavior, and energetics
T2 - Biologging in a free-living arctic hibernator
AU - Williams, Cory T.
AU - Barnes, Brian M.
AU - Buck, C. Loren
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation to CTW ( IOS-1147187 ), CLB ( EF-0732755 and IOS-1147232 ), and BMB ( EF-0732763 and IOS-1147187 ). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - The use of animal-borne instruments (ABIs), including biologgers and biotransmitters, has played an integral role in advancing our understanding of adjustments made by animals in their physiology and behavior across their annual and daily cycles and in response to weather and environmental change. Here, we review our research employing body temperature (Tb), light, and acceleration biologgers to measure patterns of physiology and behavior of a free-living, semi-fossorial hibernator, the arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii). We have used these devices to address a variety of physiological, ecological, and evolutionary questions within the fields of hibernation physiology, phenology, behavioral ecology, and chronobiology. We have also combined biologging with other approaches, such as endocrinology and tracking the thermal environment, to provide insights into the physiological mechanisms that underlie fundamental questions in biology including physiological performance trade-offs, timing and functional energetics. Finally, we explore the practical and methodological considerations that need to be addressed in biologging studies of free-living vertebrates and discuss future technological advancements that will increase the power and potential of biologging as a tool for assessing physiological function in dynamic and changing environments.
AB - The use of animal-borne instruments (ABIs), including biologgers and biotransmitters, has played an integral role in advancing our understanding of adjustments made by animals in their physiology and behavior across their annual and daily cycles and in response to weather and environmental change. Here, we review our research employing body temperature (Tb), light, and acceleration biologgers to measure patterns of physiology and behavior of a free-living, semi-fossorial hibernator, the arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii). We have used these devices to address a variety of physiological, ecological, and evolutionary questions within the fields of hibernation physiology, phenology, behavioral ecology, and chronobiology. We have also combined biologging with other approaches, such as endocrinology and tracking the thermal environment, to provide insights into the physiological mechanisms that underlie fundamental questions in biology including physiological performance trade-offs, timing and functional energetics. Finally, we explore the practical and methodological considerations that need to be addressed in biologging studies of free-living vertebrates and discuss future technological advancements that will increase the power and potential of biologging as a tool for assessing physiological function in dynamic and changing environments.
KW - Accelerometry
KW - Biologger
KW - Body temperature logger
KW - Circadian rhythms
KW - Ground squirrel
KW - Light logger
KW - Overall dynamic body acceleration
KW - Phenology
KW - Thyroid hormone
KW - Torpor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.04.020
DO - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.04.020
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27139082
AN - SCOPUS:84969920622
SN - 1095-6433
VL - 202
SP - 53
EP - 62
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology
ER -