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In dieser Folge reisen wir durch die faszinierenden Wüsten der Welt und begegnen ihren erstaunlichen Bewohnern. Was auf den ersten Blick wie lebensfeindliche Einöde wirkt, entpuppt sich als reich besiedeltes Ökosystem voller wissenschaftlicher Wunder. Von der biochemischen Meisterleistung des Kamels über die UV-Fluoreszenz des Skorpions bis hin zur ingenieurtechnisch inspirierten Nebeltrinktechnik der Namib-Eidechse – die Wüste zeigt uns, wie weit Evolution gehen kann.Kamele &WüstenphysiologieQuelle[1]Schmidt-Nielsen, K. (1979). Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/animal-physiology/[2]Dahlborn, K. et al. (1992). Dehydration and rehydration in camels. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 262(6).https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1992.262.6.R1061[3]Bouâouda, H. et al. (2014). Daily regulation of body temperature in the camel exposed to experimental heat. Physiological Reports, 2(9).https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12151 Fennek &Thermoregulation#Quelle[4]Asa, C.S. & Cossíos, E.D. (2004). Fennec Fox Vulpes zerda. Canid Action Plan, IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group.https://www.canids.org/species/fennec_fox.htm[5]Mares, M.A. (1999). Encyclopedia of Deserts. University of Oklahoma Press. Namib-Eidechse &Biomimetik#Quelle[6]Hamilton, W.J. & Seely, M.K. (1976). Fog basking by the Namib desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis. Nature, 262.https://doi.org/10.1038/262284a0[7]Parker, A.R. & Lawrence, C.R. (2001). Water capture by a desert beetle. Nature, 414.https://doi.org/10.1038/35102108 Skorpione#Quelle[8]Polis, G.A. (Hrsg.) (1990). The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press.[9]Gaffin, D.D. et al. (2012). Scorpion fluorescence and reaction to UV light. Animal Behaviour, 83(2).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.014[10]Olivera, B.M. & Bhatt, D.L. (2020). Peptide therapeutics from animal venoms. Toxicon, 190.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.010 Elfeneule &Saguaro-Kaktus#Quelle[11]Henry, R.W. (2016). Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi). in: Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Birds of the World.https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/elfowl/cur/introduction[12]Drezner, T.D. (2014). The keystone saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea): a review of its ecology, associations, reproduction, limits, and demographics. Plant Ecology, 215.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-014-0375-x Wüstenrennmäuschen &Nierenfunktion#Quelle[13]Beuchat, C.A. (1990). Metabolism and the scaling of urine concentrating ability in mammals. Physiological Zoology, 63(6).https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.63.6.30158182[14]Degen, A.A. (1997). Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals. Springer Verlag, Berlin.https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-60351-2 Addax-Antilope#Quelle[15]IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2023). Addax nasomaculatus – The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN Red List.https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/512/50180603 Wüstenblüte &Samendormanz#Quelle[16]Rundel, P.W. & Dillon, M.O. (1998). Ecological patterns in the Bromeliaceae of the lomas formations of coastal Chile and Peru. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 212.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985006[17]Pinto, R. et al. (2006). Flora of the Lomas Formations of Chile and Peru. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del cono sur – Monographs in Systematic Botany. Fossile Aquifere#Quelle[18]Edmunds, W.M. & Shand, P. (Hrsg.) (2008). Natural Groundwater Quality. Blackwell Publishing.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444300345