New research involving Queen Mary University of London reveals that amphibians can change what they eat to cope with rising temperatures, but that this natural survival strategy has limits.
New research involving Queen Mary University of London reveals that amphibians can change what they eat to cope with rising temperatures, but that this natural survival strategy has limits.
Published in Scientific Reports, the international study found that tadpoles actively alter their diet as temperatures increase, consuming more plant material and eating more overall in an attempt to offset the effects of warming. However, researchers discovered that these dietary adjustments become progressively less effective as temperatures continue to rise.
The findings provide the first experimental evidence in a vertebrate species that the ability to compensate for climate change through diet is constrained by physiological limit.
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