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handle: 10261/281984
[ES]: Este trabajo examina el desarrollo de la capacidad de termoregular que muestran los pollos de Cigüeña Blanca Ciconia ciconia. Los resultados indican que la masa, y no la edad, es la variable que mejor explica la capacidad de termorregulación, en contra de los resultados obtenidos en aves paseriformes. La maduración de la capacidad de termorregulación se produjo gradualmente y no de forma brusca. El punto de inflexión de la curva de crecimiento, momento en el que los pollos tienen la máxima tasa de crecimiento, se alcanzó a los 1700 g, tras el cual los pollos mostraron pocas diferencias de temperatura corporal ya estuvieran dentro o aislados fuera del nido. La tasa de crecimiento (GR) de los pollos a lo largo de su desarrollo estuvo negativa y significativamente correlacionada con el índice de termorregulación (HI). Estos resultados son compatibles con la hipótesis de reparto de la energía según la cual los pollos desarrollan su plena capacidad de termorregular cuando han terminado la fase de crecimiento rápido, dada la dificultad de compatibilizar el gasto energético de ambas funciones.
[EN]: The development of thermoregulation abilities in White Stork Ciconia ciconia nestlings was examined. Our results showed that body mass, and not age, was the best predictor for thermoregulatory ability despite what was found in passerines. White Stork nestlings did not develop their thermoregulatory abilities abruptly since their capacity to keep their body temperature developed gradually. When nestlings reached 1,700 g they have just finished to growth at their maximum rate (inflexion point in the growth curve) and they were able to keep their body temperature above 39.5ºC either in the nest or individually isolated at ambient temperature. The homeothermy index (HI) showed a negative correlation with growth rate (GR). Results suggests that White Stork nestlings invest little in thermoregulation before finishing their faster growth period, which is in accordance with the energy allocation hypothesis.
This work was partly supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Project PB98-1024).
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Ciconia ciconia, Nestling growth, Ontogeny, Crecimiento de pollos, Thermoregulation, Ontogenia
Ciconia ciconia, Nestling growth, Ontogeny, Crecimiento de pollos, Thermoregulation, Ontogenia
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