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- Poikilotherm (redirect from Poikilothermic)ambient environmental temperature. Many terrestrial ectotherms are poikilothermic. However some ectotherms remain in temperature-constant environments...10 KB (1,174 words) - 01:59, 30 July 2024
- Melanoplus bivittatus, the two-striped grasshopper, is a poikilothermic species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is commonly found...7 KB (852 words) - 08:33, 31 January 2023
- process, occurring in combination with dehydration. All insects are poikilothermic, so the ability of a few beetles to live in extreme environments depends...154 KB (16,879 words) - 21:06, 26 August 2024
- all these criteria. For instance, many bats and small birds become poikilothermic and bradymetabolic during sleep (or, in nocturnal species, during the...11 KB (1,146 words) - 04:11, 26 June 2024
- observed in Titanoboa with the climate conditions of its environment. As a poikilothermic ectotherm, Titanoboa's internal temperature and metabolism were heavily...28 KB (3,206 words) - 19:03, 18 August 2024
- (1991). "Is the naked mole-rat Hererocephalus glaber an endothermic yet poikilothermic mammal?". Journal of Thermal Biology. 16 (4): 227–232. Bibcode:1991JTBio...221 KB (23,066 words) - 19:14, 23 August 2024
- homeothermy. Heterothermic animals are those that can switch between poikilothermic and homeothermic strategies. These changes in strategies typically occur...6 KB (751 words) - 03:25, 23 August 2023
- warm-blooded, or endothermic creatures, as opposed to cold-blooded, or poikilothermic animals. However, these words have developed a separate meaning in the...140 KB (14,893 words) - 18:19, 16 August 2024
- its relative, the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). As for all poikilothermic organisms, lower temperatures result in slower metabolism and a very...56 KB (6,185 words) - 14:56, 22 August 2024
- successful recovery. The naked mole rat is the only known mammal that is poikilothermic; it is used in studies on thermoregulation. It is also unusual in not...138 KB (14,339 words) - 15:46, 27 August 2024
- the cycle repeats. Most sharks are "cold-blooded" or, more precisely, poikilothermic, meaning that their internal body temperature matches that of their...143 KB (14,295 words) - 20:24, 27 August 2024
- nest-guarding behavior. Like all extant non-avian reptiles, they are poikilothermic, and also rely on regular periods of basking under the sun to thermoregulate...22 KB (1,477 words) - 10:49, 26 July 2024
- oxygen consumption and ambient temperature switches from a typical poikilothermic pattern to a homeothermic mode when temperature is at 29 °C or higher...48 KB (5,463 words) - 10:21, 27 August 2024
- fatty acids. Regulating membrane fluidity is especially important in poikilothermic organisms such as bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, fish and other...2 KB (233 words) - 21:46, 8 February 2023
- (May 1996). "Comparative aspects of the pineal/melatonin system of poikilothermic vertebrates". Journal of Pineal Research. 20 (4): 175–86. doi:10.1111/j...66 KB (7,076 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2024
- like mammals. However, animals with facultative endothermy are often poikilothermic, meaning their temperature can vary considerably. Most fish are ectotherms...55 KB (6,370 words) - 00:50, 14 August 2024
- Chromatophores are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in poikilothermic animals and are generated in the neural crest during embryonic development...73 KB (8,236 words) - 06:12, 20 August 2024
- used for food, the lack of internal temperature control (insects are poikilothermic), high fecundity and rate of maturation. If one treats tofu as a meat...23 KB (2,934 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2024
- Early Permian land vertebrates are assumed to have been cold-blooded or poikilothermic, relying on the sun to maintain a high body temperature. Because of...83 KB (9,190 words) - 04:21, 25 August 2024
- species, pallid bats are heterothermic, meaning they can be either poikilothermic or homoeothermic depending on the time of year. They have the ability...13 KB (1,448 words) - 21:08, 15 July 2024
- From poikilo- + -thermic. poikilothermic (not comparable) (of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. cold-blooded
- Bergmann suggested that they should be known as “homoiothermic” and “poikilothermic” animals. But it must be remembered there is no hard and fast line between
- their internal temperature so that it is kept at an optimum level) or poikilothermic (cannot regulate their internal temperature, the environment affects