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| Title |
Condensation onto the skin as a means for water gain by tree frogs in tropical Australia.
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| Published in |
The American Naturalist, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1086/661908 |
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| Authors |
Christopher R Tracy, Nathalie Laurence, Keith A Christian |
| Abstract |
Green tree frogs, Litoria caerulea, in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia remain active during the dry season with apparently no available water and temperatures that approach their lower critical temperature. We hypothesized that this surprising activity might be because frogs that are cooled during nighttime activity gain water from condensation by returning to a warm, humid tree hollow. We measured the mass gained when a cool frog moved into either a natural or an artificial hollow. In both hollows, water condensed on cool L. caerulea, resulting in water gains of up to 0.93% of body mass. We estimated that the water gained was more than the water that would be lost to evaporation during activity. The use of condensation as a means for water gain may be a significant source of water uptake for species like L. caerulea that occur in areas where free water is unavailable over extended periods. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 56 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 52 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 18% |
| Researcher | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 39% |
| Engineering | 11 | 20% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 7% |
| Chemical Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Materials Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2022.
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#1,405,640
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Outputs from The American Naturalist
#340
of 3,993 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,163
of 134,585 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The American Naturalist
#3
of 32 outputs
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