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| Titel: |
Behavioural responses of young cape gannets Sula capensis to high ambient temperatures |
| Auteur: |
Cooper, J. Siegfried, W. R. |
| Verschenen in: |
Marine & freshwater behaviour & physiology |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 3 (1976) nr. 4 pagina's 211-220 |
| Jaar: |
1976 |
| Inhoud: |
A young Cape Gannet Sula capensis responded to high ambient temperatures in the laboratory by standing, gular fluttering with raised head and open bill, wing drooping, defaecating at a fast rate close to or onto the feet, “paddling”; in the excreta, and increased breathing rate. Standing initially caused a decline in foot temperature which rose with rising ambient temperature. Gular flutter and wing drooping assisted the bird in tolerating heat stress. Reduction in heat-load occurred when standing on a wet surface, presumably due to evaporative heat loss (of excreta on the feet = urohidrosis) and an enhanced conduction of heat to substrate. Field observations confirmed that young Cape Gannets defaecate onto their feet at high ambient temperatures. This species appears preadapted for this behaviour since it builds a solely guano nest, defaecating onto the rim which is compacted by “paddling”;. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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