General changes in activity of autonomic and behavioural thermoeffectors of a homeotherm when subjected to forced or regulated changes in core temperature (T c ). T set = set point temperature
| Thermoeffector response | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermoregulatory state | HP | SBF | EHL | STa | |
| HP = heat production; SBF = skin blood flow; EHL = evaporative heat loss; STa = selected ambient temperature; ♦ = baseline responses; ▴ = increase; ▾ = decrease. | |||||
| Normothermia | [Tc=Tset] | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Forced hyperthermia | [Tc>Tset] | ▾ | ▴ | ▴ | ▾ |
| Regulated hyperthermia | [Tset>Tc] | ▴ | ▾ | ▾ | ▴ |
| Forced hypothermia | [Tc<Tset] | ▴ | ▾ | ▴ | ▴ |
| Regulated hypothermia | [Tset<Tc] | ▾ | ▴ | ▾ | ▾ |