Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 739-745

  Addo Bediako, Abraham ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Physiological tolerance; Rapoport effect; Upper lethal limits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; LATITUDE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034701561     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1065     Document Type: Article

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