Acclimation is beneficial at extreme test temperatures in the Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus (Caudata, Salamandridae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 627-636

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a   Puky, Miklós ^b   Šugerková, Monika ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptive significance; Coacclimation; Locomotor performance; Phenotypic plasticity; Temperature preferences; Thermal resistance; Thermal sensitivity; Thermal stress response

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FITNESS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS DOBROGICUS;

EID: 33947374289     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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