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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. ámbitos de estudio
  2. fisiología
  3. regulación fifiológica
  4. termoregulación
  5. ectotermia

Preferred term

ectotermia

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Uso del calor ambiental para controlar la temperatura del cuerpo. La temperatura corporal de los animales ectotérmicos normalmente varía mucho; sin embargo, puede ser moderada por el comportamiento del animal. Por ejemplo, las serpientes y los lagartos pueden mantener una temperatura relativamente constante tomando el sol o permaneciendo en refugios subterráneos.

    Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Glossary

    Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

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  • ectothermy

    English

  • ectothermic animals
  • ectotherms

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/296351

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