Effects of Climate Change on Animal Physiology
The study of physiology basically deals with the functions and mechanisms within a living system. These functions and mechanisms may be influenced by the external environment. Changes in temperature for example can affect the growth, reproduction, and survival of organisms. Thus, studying animal physiology can help us determine the effect of climate change on the diversity and distribution of organisms. Changes in temperature Changes in environmental temperatures have a great influence on species geographical distribution, population collapse, species extinction, and on an organism's growth and reproduction[1]. Molecular, cellular, and systemic processes within a living system function at a limited range of temperature (thermal window). Performance in an organism's growth, reproduction, foraging, immune competence, behaviors and competitiveness is directly affected by climatic warming. Such performance is supported by increase in oxygen consumption by aerobic...