期刊
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 5, 期 23, 页码 5539-5551出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1758
关键词
Butterfly flight; dispersal evolution; dispersal modeling; Flightin; insect flight; Pgi; sex difference; thermal tolerance; thermoregulation
资金
- European Research Council [232826]
- Finnish Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology Research (LUOVA)
- Suomen Akatemia
- Academy of Finland, [133132, 250444, 256453]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [133132, 256453, 133132, 256453] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
- European Research Council (ERC) [232826] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Knowledge of the effects of thermal conditions on animal movement and dispersal is necessary for a mechanistic understanding of the consequences of climate change and habitat fragmentation. In particular, the flight of ectothermic insects such as small butterflies is greatly influenced by ambient temperature. Here, variation in body temperature during flight is investigated in an ecological model species, the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia). Attention is paid on the effects of flight metabolism, genotypes at candidate loci, and environmental conditions. Measurements were made under a natural range of conditions using infrared thermal imaging. Heating of flight muscles by flight metabolism has been presumed to be negligible in small butterflies. However, the results demonstrate that Glanville fritillary males with high flight metabolic rate maintain elevated body temperature better during flight than males with a low rate of flight metabolism. This effect is likely to have a significant influence on the dispersal performance and fitness of butterflies and demonstrates the possible importance of intraspecific physiological variation on dispersal in other similar ectothermic insects. The results also suggest that individuals having an advantage in low ambient temperatures can be susceptible to overheating at high temperatures. Further, tolerance of high temperatures may be important for flight performance, as indicated by an association of heat-shock protein (Hsp70) genotype with flight metabolic rate and body temperature at takeoff. The dynamics of body temperature at flight and factors affecting it also differed significantly between female and male butterflies, indicating that thermal dynamics are governed by different mechanisms in the two sexes. This study contributes to knowledge about factors affecting intraspecific variation in dispersal-related thermal performance in butterflies and other insects. Such information is needed for predictive models of the evolution of dispersal in the face of habitat fragmentation and climate change.
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