Are cyclic plant and animal behaviours driven by gravimetric mechanical forces?

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 73(2022), 4 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 1093-1103
1. Verfasser:	de Mello Gallep, Cristiano (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Robert, Daniel
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:	Journal Article Meta-Analysis Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Animal activity biological cycles circadian biology gravimetric tide human activity plant growth plant movement

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. The celestial mechanics of the Sun, Moon, and Earth dominate the variations in gravitational force that all matter, live or inert, experiences on Earth. Expressed as gravimetric tides, these variations are pervasive and have forever been part of the physical ecology with which organisms evolved. Here, we first offer a brief review of previously proposed explanations that gravimetric tides constitute a tangible and potent force shaping the rhythmic activities of organisms. Through meta-analysis, we then interrogate data from three study cases and show the close association between the omnipresent gravimetric tides and cyclic activity. As exemplified by free-running cyclic locomotor activity in isopods, reproductive effort in coral, and modulation of growth in seedlings, biological rhythms coincide with temporal patterns of the local gravimetric tide. These data reveal that, in the presumed absence of rhythmic cues such as light and temperature, local gravimetric tide is sufficient to entrain cyclic behaviour. The present evidence thus questions the phenomenological significance of so-called free-run experiments
Beschreibung:	Date Completed 10.03.2022 Date Revised 24.08.2024 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:	1460-2431
DOI:	10.1093/jxb/erab462