When cold-bloods heat up: meta-analytical evidence that climatic variability mediates behavioural fever in amphibians and reptiles
Danilo Giacometti, Leonardo Matheus Servino, Laura Camila Cabanzo‐Olarte, Kênia C. Bícego, Carlos A. Navas
This study uses a meta-analysis to show that climatic variability influences behavioural fever in amphibians and reptiles, with stronger responses in thermally variable environments and bacterial infections.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology