Operative Environmental Temperatures and Basking Behavior of the Turtle Pseudemys Scripta Export

@article{citeulike:3802192, abstract = {Operative environmental temperatures (T"e, an index of the thermal environment) were measured for basking Pseudemys scripta in South Carolina. Operative environmental temperatures were good predictors of the basking behavior of P. scripta. Turtles in this study generally did not bask unless T"e was 28@?C (preferred body temperature) or higher. This demonstrated that basking was not a random behavior in respect to T"e, and implicated thermoregulation as a major factor eliciting basking behavior. Operative environmental temperature was positively related to short-wave and total solar radition as well as to air and substrate temperature. Substrate temperature was the best single predictor of T"e. A multiple regression equation (T"e = 0.005R + 0.103T"a - 1.16 log V + 0.932T"s - 2.54, r^2 = .90, where R = total radiation in watts per square metre, T"a = air temperature in degrees Celsius, V = wind speed in metres per second, and T"s = substrate temperature in degrees Celsius) defines the relationship of T"e to microclimate variables. Movement of the sun through the day results in spatial variation in T"e's available to turtles and influences their location and basking behavior.}, author = {Crawford, Kenneth M. and Spotila, James R. and Standora, Edward A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3802192}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1937806}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1937806}, doi = {10.2307/1937806}, issn = {00129658}, journal = {Ecology}, number = {5}, pages = {989--999}, posted-at = {2009-01-09 23:36:43}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Ecological Society of America}, title = {Operative Environmental Temperatures and Basking Behavior of the Turtle Pseudemys Scripta}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1937806}, volume = {64}, year = {1983} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3802192 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3802192 N2 - Operative environmental temperatures (T"e, an index of the thermal environment) were measured for basking Pseudemys scripta in South Carolina. Operative environmental temperatures were good predictors of the basking behavior of P. scripta. Turtles in this study generally did not bask unless T"e was 28@?C (preferred body temperature) or higher. This demonstrated that basking was not a random behavior in respect to T"e, and implicated thermoregulation as a major factor eliciting basking behavior. Operative environmental temperature was positively related to short-wave and total solar radition as well as to air and substrate temperature. Substrate temperature was the best single predictor of T"e. A multiple regression equation (T"e = 0.005R + 0.103T"a - 1.16 log V + 0.932T"s - 2.54, r^2 = .90, where R = total radiation in watts per square metre, T"a = air temperature in degrees Celsius, V = wind speed in metres per second, and T"s = substrate temperature in degrees Celsius) defines the relationship of T"e to microclimate variables. Movement of the sun through the day results in spatial variation in T"e's available to turtles and influences their location and basking behavior. IS - 5 JF - Ecology SN - 00129658 EP - 999 TI - Operative Environmental Temperatures and Basking Behavior of the Turtle Pseudemys Scripta PB - Ecological Society of America VL - 64 SP - 989 AU - Crawford, Kenneth AU - Spotila, James AU - Standora, Edward PY - 1983/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1937806 ER -